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Children's performance in math also depends on parents

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It is a verifiable fact that mathematics is not given equally well to everyone. This is particularly evident at school age, where a significant percentage of students fail to learn this subject.
Much research has been done with the aim of better understanding the factors that explain individual differences in this area and thus be able to remedy their problems. One of these investigations has been carried out by Erin A. Maloney of the University of Chicago and a team of collaborators from various centers in the United States.
Children and their parents participated in the study in question, trying to find out ifhaving parents who are anxious about mathematics has some influence on academic performanceof the children. A total of 438 children and their parents participated in the research. The children were given different math tasks to do at home. Their performance in the subject was measured with a specific test to assess academic competence in Mathematics, made up of arithmetic problems. Parents filled out questionnaires to measure their anxiety about mathematics and were asked how often they helped their children with their homework in this subject.
The results of this experiment, recently published inPsychological Science(2015), showed thatthe more anxiety parents felt about mathematics, the worse the performance of children in this matter. However, the authors clarify that thisit is only observed when parents frequently help their childrenwith the duties of these contents. In fact, parental anxiety about mathematics did not predict children’s performance in other areas such as reading, which the researchers interpret as a possibility that this anxiety effect is more specific to performance in mathematics.

We know that attitudes can be learned , and we can thus condition the capacities of the little ones even without realizing it. The positive thing is that we can also transmit other types of values such as the capacity for effort and tolerance for frustration, and especially habits that strengthen our mental capacities. It has been described that practicing with tasks that improve attention or working memory can prepare children to perform better in school … perhaps it would be good to convey the idea that if you train, you can improve your brain and your grades.
Marisa Fernández is Senior Neuropsychologist at Unobrain

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