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Alam, Sabrina Shajeen; Dubé, Adam Kenneth – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
There is little empirical data on the extent of home numeracy practice using technology, though previous research shows that home numeracy activities are linked with children's mathematics abilities. This study describes the process of constructing an inventory of digital home numeracy practice (DHNP-i). Parents (n = 126) of elementary children…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Digital Literacy, Numeracy, Family Literacy
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María del Socorro Ocampo-Castillo; Regina Gairal-Casadó; María Rosa Valls-Carol; Itxaso Tellado – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
One current challenge highlighted by the United Nations is to increase the number of adults who achieve literacy and numeracy by 2030. This article focuses on one experience from an underprivileged Mexican school that implements "Family Education, a Successful Educational Action." Following a communicative methodology, we conducted a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Principals, Grandparents
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Wirth, Astrid; Stadler, Matthias; Annac, Efsun; Niklas, Frank – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
The Home Learning Environment (HLE) focuses on everyday learning habits in families to support children's competency development. In this study, we used multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) analyses to compare two theoretical dimensions and three methods for assessing the HLE and their associations with linguistic and mathematical competencies of…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Comparative Analysis, Child Development, Mathematics Skills
Brooks, Greg; Hutchison, Dougal – Basic Skills Agency, 2002
In 1998 the authors published research with NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) "Family Numeracy Adds Up" showing how parents and children had gained from fourteen pilot family numeracy programmes. It showed strong evidence of the double benefits of work with families. Children have an early boost in their learning and…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Peer Groups, Family Literacy, Followup Studies