The relationships between child-rearing beliefs and preschoolers’ mathematical readiness in Singapore
The main goal of the current study is to gain a better understanding of the nature of parents’ child-rearing beliefs and their implications on children’s readiness for school mathematics in Singapore. The current study first investigated the association between parents’ child-rearing authoritative a...
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| author | Goh, Wan Ping |
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| description | The main goal of the current study is to gain a better understanding of the nature of parents’ child-rearing beliefs and their implications on children’s readiness for school mathematics in Singapore. The current study first investigated the association between parents’ child-rearing authoritative and guan beliefs. Further, the study examined how these two dimensions of child-rearing belief are individually related to preschoolers’ readiness for school mathematics. One hundred and thirteen preschoolers (39-74 months) were recruited and administered a mathematical achievement test to measure their mathematical readiness, while their parents were given a parenting questionnaire to measure their child-rearing beliefs. Correlational analyses revealed that parents’ authoritative beliefs and guan beliefs were significantly and positively related with each other. Nonetheless, hierarchical regression analyses indicated that only guan beliefs predicted preschoolers’ mathematical readiness. No significant relationship was found between authoritative beliefs and preschoolers’ mathematical readiness. Together, the current study illustrated the influence of parents’ child-rearing beliefs on mathematical readiness in an Asian context.
Keywords: child-rearing beliefs, parenting, guan, authoritative, school readiness, mathematics, preschoolers |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/600162019-12-10T14:22:15Z The relationships between child-rearing beliefs and preschoolers’ mathematical readiness in Singapore Goh, Wan Ping School of Humanities and Social Sciences Ministry of Social and Family Development Qu Li DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology The main goal of the current study is to gain a better understanding of the nature of parents’ child-rearing beliefs and their implications on children’s readiness for school mathematics in Singapore. The current study first investigated the association between parents’ child-rearing authoritative and guan beliefs. Further, the study examined how these two dimensions of child-rearing belief are individually related to preschoolers’ readiness for school mathematics. One hundred and thirteen preschoolers (39-74 months) were recruited and administered a mathematical achievement test to measure their mathematical readiness, while their parents were given a parenting questionnaire to measure their child-rearing beliefs. Correlational analyses revealed that parents’ authoritative beliefs and guan beliefs were significantly and positively related with each other. Nonetheless, hierarchical regression analyses indicated that only guan beliefs predicted preschoolers’ mathematical readiness. No significant relationship was found between authoritative beliefs and preschoolers’ mathematical readiness. Together, the current study illustrated the influence of parents’ child-rearing beliefs on mathematical readiness in an Asian context. Keywords: child-rearing beliefs, parenting, guan, authoritative, school readiness, mathematics, preschoolers Bachelor of Arts 2014-05-22T01:41:47Z 2014-05-22T01:41:47Z 2014 2014 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60016 en Nanyang Technological University 41 p. application/pdf |
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| title | The relationships between child-rearing beliefs and preschoolers’ mathematical readiness in Singapore |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The relationships between child-rearing beliefs and preschoolers’ mathematical readiness in Singapore |
| title_short | The relationships between child-rearing beliefs and preschoolers’ mathematical readiness in Singapore |
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