The Factor Structure of Parents' Math‐Related Talk and Its Relation to Children's Early Academic Skills

• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14244
• Publication Date: 2025-04-05T15:15:16Z
• Authors: Yemimah A. King; Sarah H. Eason; Robert J. Duncan; Arielle Borovsky; David J. Purpura
• Keywords: Numeracy; Language of mathematics

This study, involving 120 children (Mage = 4.25; SD 0.83; 53% Female, 49% White, 23% multiracial, 16% Black, 9% Asian American, and 3% Latine) their parents, examined parent talk constructs relation to children's early academic skills in 2021. Parents' was best represented as a three-factor structure (general, number, mathematical language), suggesting that language use is distinct from general number talk. Parent factors were related numeracy but not vocabulary or knowledge. Children with higher had parents who used more talk, lower language, skills.