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Self-criticism unveiled: Its interplay with burnout and self-compassion in higher education students' study achievement 自我批评与倦怠、自我同情在大学生学习成绩中的相互作用
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102692
Telle Hailikari, Merly Kosenkranius, Sara Rönkkönen, Viivi Virtanen
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Exploring domain-general and course-specific latent profiles of motivation in computer science 探索计算机科学中一般领域和特定课程动机的潜在特征
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102686
Hye Rin Lee , Sanford R. Student , Teomara Rutherford , Rebecca J. Collie , Austin C. Bart
{"title":"Exploring domain-general and course-specific latent profiles of motivation in computer science","authors":"Hye Rin Lee ,&nbsp;Sanford R. Student ,&nbsp;Teomara Rutherford ,&nbsp;Rebecca J. Collie ,&nbsp;Austin C. Bart","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102686","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102686","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although achievement motivation theories like the Situated Expectancy–Value Theory highlight domain-general and course-specific motivation, few studies have examined students' motivational beliefs at both levels. This study explores domain-general and course-specific motivational profiles in undergraduate computer science (CS) courses, focusing on expectancy for success, values, and belonging. Using latent profile analysis, we identified four domain-level profiles and five course-level profiles, with the profiles representing different combinations of positive motivation and cost. We examined how these profiles evolved during the semester, finding via latent transition analysis that domain-general motivations appear to be more stable over time. Additionally, gender differences in profile membership showed women and other non-men often in higher cost profiles compared to men, and there was more variability in mean grades across course profiles than across CS domain profiles. These findings enhance our understanding of how combinations of motivational beliefs can influence student engagement and performance.</div></div><div><h3>Educational Relevance and Implications Statement</h3><div>Our study explored the motivational profiles of undergraduate computer science (CS) students, revealing that these profiles vary by domain and course and change from the beginning to the end of the semester. We found that domain-general motivational beliefs, which encompass general attitudes toward the field of CS, remain more stable over time compared to course-specific motivational beliefs, which reflect specific attitudes toward individual CS courses. The stability of domain-general motivational beliefs suggest that foundational attitudes formed early could influence long-term engagement with CS, emphasizing the need for early interventions. We also found gender differences in motivational profiles; women and other non-men were more likely to be in high-cost profiles compared to men. The gender disparities in perceived costs highlight the necessity for tailored support that addresses the unique challenges faced by women and other non-men in the field. Additionally, course grades varied more by course-specific motivational beliefs than domain-general motivational beliefs, underscoring the importance of how students perceive their CS courses for their achievement. Educators can utilize this information to create more inclusive and effective educational environments that cater to the diverse needs of all students, ultimately improving retention and performance in CS programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102686"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143760656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Beyond aptitudes and experiences: The unique role of mindsets in emotions in language classrooms 超越天赋和经验:心态在语言课堂情感中的独特作用
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102688
Nigel Mantou Lou , Kathryn Everhart Chaffee , Kimberly A. Noels
{"title":"Beyond aptitudes and experiences: The unique role of mindsets in emotions in language classrooms","authors":"Nigel Mantou Lou ,&nbsp;Kathryn Everhart Chaffee ,&nbsp;Kimberly A. Noels","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102688","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102688","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Achievement in foreign language (FL) classrooms depends on learners' emotional states. A key individual difference factor that is linked to these experiences is growth mindset, which helps learners make positive meaning of their endeavours. However, uncertainties remain regarding the importance of mindsets when factoring in other learner characteristics (aptitude, age of acquisition, language-use experiences, year of learning, gender). This study (<em>N</em> = 342 university-level FL learners) comprehensively explores how mindsets and learner characteristics are related to multifaceted emotions (enjoyment, helplessness, frustration, boredom, anxiety), and end-of-semester performance. We found that prior language-use experience was the most notable learner characteristic in predicting emotions. Growth mindsets also incrementally predicted all learning emotions, even after controlling for learner characteristics. Although growth mindset was not directly related to performance, it indirectly predicted performance through a decrease in the feeling of helplessness. Altogether, growth mindsets matter for positive classroom experiences.</div></div><div><h3>Educational relevance and implications statement</h3><div>This study shows that language learners' growth mindsets have incremental validity in predicting classroom emotions over other individual factors (aptitude, age of acquisition, prior foreign language [FL] learning experiences, FL use experience). Furthermore, helplessness was the emotion that was most predictive of students' later grades, with fixed mindsets appearing to be a key contributing factor through feelings of helplessness. Therefore, endorsing a growth mindset might help learners feel less helpless in class, which in turn may benefit their performance in foreign language learning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102688"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Does distributing non-interactive teaching contribute to learning? Students' academic self-concept and work ethic matter 分发非互动式教学对学习有帮助吗?学生的学术自我概念和职业道德很重要
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102687
Heike Russ , Leonie Sibley , Salome Flegr , Jochen Kuhn , Vincent Hoogerheide , Katharina Scheiter , Andreas Lachner
{"title":"Does distributing non-interactive teaching contribute to learning? Students' academic self-concept and work ethic matter","authors":"Heike Russ ,&nbsp;Leonie Sibley ,&nbsp;Salome Flegr ,&nbsp;Jochen Kuhn ,&nbsp;Vincent Hoogerheide ,&nbsp;Katharina Scheiter ,&nbsp;Andreas Lachner","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102687","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102687","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Explaining learning contents to a fictitious peer (i.e., non-interactive teaching) improves learning, yet this effect is modest, heterogeneous, and likely influenced by individual differences. We examined whether the effectiveness of non-interactive teaching could be increased by incorporating drawing or distributing teaching. We realized a 3 × 2 field experimental design (<em>N</em> = 317), crossing the factors learning activity (restudy, teaching-only, teaching + drawing) and timing (after the study phase or distributed three times throughout the study phase). Overall, teaching resulted in better immediate conceptual knowledge than restudying, mediated by the level of completeness. This teaching effect was most pronounced in the after-study condition. However, drawing did not enhance conceptual knowledge. Students who taught underestimated their immediate knowledge. No lasting effects were observed. Students with higher academic self-concept or work ethic benefited more from teaching, highlighting the moderating role of inter-individual differences for instructional interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Educational relevance and implications statement</h3><div>This classroom study demonstrates that non-interactive teaching is an effective instructional method in secondary school physics education. The findings highlight the importance of considering students' individual differences, such as academic self-concept or work ethic, when designing such learning activities. These insights emphasize the need for adapted and differentiated approaches that can better account for individual differences, ensuring that non-interactive teaching can be effective across diverse student populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102687"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The optimal sequence for learning can depend on one's strategy: An individual differences approach 学习的最佳顺序取决于一个人的策略:个体差异方法
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102684
Jeri L. Little , Jexy A. Nepangue , Ashley Longares
{"title":"The optimal sequence for learning can depend on one's strategy: An individual differences approach","authors":"Jeri L. Little ,&nbsp;Jexy A. Nepangue ,&nbsp;Ashley Longares","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102684","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102684","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Category learning promotes multiple cognitive processes including memorization and induction (e.g., rule finding). Individuals can differ in their reliance on a given process. Would optimal study sequence (interleaving vs. blocking) depend on that process (memorization vs. rule-finding)? Interleaving examples from a category can be better than blocking when the test necessitates similarity-based classification, but blocking examples from a given category can be better when the test necessitates rule-based classification. In three experiments, participants studied letter strings interleaved or blocked. Then they classified transfer items for which similarity-based classification would oppose rule-based classification. In Experiments 1a/1b, participants chose (and self-reported) their learning strategy. In Experiment 2, strategy was instructed. Memorizers (self-reported and instructed) had better similarity-based classification when items were interleaved than when they were blocked, but rule-abstractors (self-reported and instructed) had better rule-based classification when items were blocked than when they were interleaved. These results have implications for educational contexts.</div></div><div><h3>Educational relevance and implications statement</h3><div>In educational settings, students need to categorize information. From figuring out what formula applies to a given physics problem to learning how to categorize plants in biology to picking out common themes in a literature course, categorization is a necessity. However, people differ in the strategies that they use to learn, with some trying to find rules and some focusing on memorization; these differences in strategy lead to differences in how people classify items. The present results showed that for memorizers, interleaving was more effective for similarity-based classification than was blocking, but for rule-abstractors, blocking was better for rule-based classification than was interleaving. Although the materials in the present studies were relatively simplistic, we argue that these findings could be used to make predictions about learning with educational materials and in educational settings. Teachers should be aware that two individuals could approach a task with qualitatively distinct strategies, so they should clarify their learning goals and sequence learning material in a way that optimizes learning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102684"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The pretesting effect is robust throughout adulthood, but metacognitive beliefs about pretesting and challenge differ 预测的效果在整个成年期都很强大,但关于预测和挑战的元认知信念不同
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102683
Veronica X. Yan , Stephany Duany Rea , Faria Sana
{"title":"The pretesting effect is robust throughout adulthood, but metacognitive beliefs about pretesting and challenge differ","authors":"Veronica X. Yan ,&nbsp;Stephany Duany Rea ,&nbsp;Faria Sana","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102683","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102683","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pretesting—asking learners to try to answer questions about a topic before learning—results in better memory of that topic compared to simply studying the topic without taking a pretest. We investigated whether age and memory contentment moderate the benefit of pretesting, and whether judgments of pretesting effectiveness varied across adulthood (<em>N</em> = 273, age range: 18–82). The pretesting effect was not moderated by either factor. Metacognitive judgments, however, varied by age. Younger participants were more likely to appreciate the benefits of pretesting than middle-aged and older adults. In Study 2 (<em>N</em> = 296, age range: 18–83), our mixed-methods approach showed converging results: The older the participant, the less likely they were to appreciate the benefits of errors and think that pretesting would be effective for them. These results suggest that although the pretesting effect appears to be robust throughout adulthood, metacognitive beliefs differ.</div></div><div><h3>Educational relevance statement</h3><div>Making mistakes is not just an unavoidable part of the learning process, but rather, cognitive science of learning research shows that it should be <em>desirable,</em> as it fosters deeper engagement that is integral to learning. In this paper, we focus on the strategy of pretesting—making guesses before learning the correct answer—and find that benefits are robust across adulthood, with participants ranging from 18 to 82. But people's beliefs differ with older participants responding that errors are undesirable. These findings highlight the importance of shifting attitudes towards challenge to support “desirably difficult” approaches to learning, thus ensuring that learners have both the right mindset and the right toolset.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102683"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Math anxiety is associated with skipping problems and less help-seeking behavior after error commission 数学焦虑与跳过问题和犯错后更少寻求帮助的行为有关
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102681
Yurou Wang , Jihong Zhang , Macarena Suárez Pellicioni
{"title":"Math anxiety is associated with skipping problems and less help-seeking behavior after error commission","authors":"Yurou Wang ,&nbsp;Jihong Zhang ,&nbsp;Macarena Suárez Pellicioni","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102681","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102681","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Math anxiety is a significant barrier to STEM participation and success. This study investigates the influence of math anxiety and autonomy support on students' post-error problem-solving behaviors. 111 participants participated in this study. Autonomy support was manipulated by randomly assigning participants to choice and no-choice group. Math anxiety was assessed using a questionnaire. Participants had three options after making an error in a math task: skipping the problem (avoidance), asking for a hint (help-seeking), or solving the question by oneself (self-reliance). Structural Equation Modeling results revealed that higher levels of math anxiety were associated with increased skipping of problems and decreased help-seeking behaviors after an error. Autonomy support showed no significant effects on post-error behaviors. These findings suggest math avoidance after error commission in high math anxious adults and highlight the need to develop interventions targeting more adaptive post-error behaviors in these individuals.</div></div><div><h3><em>Education relevance and implications</em></h3><div>This study highlights the significant impact of math anxiety on students' problem-solving behaviors after making errors. Specifically, it reveals that individuals with high math anxiety are more likely to skip problems and less likely to seek help, which can hinder their learning and perpetuate a cycle of poor performance. These findings underscore the importance of developing educational interventions that encourage perseverance and help-seeking behaviors, helping students overcome math anxiety and improve their math skills. Such interventions could ultimately enhance students' engagement and success in STEM fields.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102681"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143715115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Relationships between inter- and intra-individual emotions and learning outcomes of vocational students 中职生个体间和个体内情绪与学习成果的关系
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102682
Tanja Held , Mathias Mejeh , David W. Putwain , Tina Hascher
{"title":"Relationships between inter- and intra-individual emotions and learning outcomes of vocational students","authors":"Tanja Held ,&nbsp;Mathias Mejeh ,&nbsp;David W. Putwain ,&nbsp;Tina Hascher","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102682","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102682","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emotions are significant predictors of learning and academic achievement. However, much of the existing research has predominately focused on understanding inter-individual differences in students' emotions, overlooking the dynamic intra-individual processes that unfold over time. The present study aims to examine differences in inter- and intra-individual relationships of two learning emotions (<em>enjoyment, boredom</em>) and three facets of learning outcomes: <em>concentration</em> as a cognitive aspect of the learning process, <em>learning time</em> as a behavioral aspect, and <em>learning satisfaction</em> as an evaluative aspect. We collected weekly data of 119 vocational students over 14 weeks and used multilevel linear mixed effect models. Results revealed that inter-individual enjoyment positively predicted the three learning outcomes, while intra-individual enjoyment positively predicted concentration and learning time. Inter-individual boredom negatively predicted learning satisfaction, while intra-individual boredom was not a significant predictor. These results highlight the importance of enjoyment for the learning process and point to the more unclear role of boredom. Also, the findings emphasize the importance of differentiating between inter- and intra-individual relations.</div></div><div><h3>Educational relevance statement</h3><div>The present study highlights the crucial role of emotions, specifically enjoyment and boredom, in learning. By investigating 119 vocational students over 14 weeks, we discovered that enjoyment significantly predicts learning outcomes such as concentration and time spent learning, both across different individuals and within the same individual over time. On the other hand, while boredom negatively impacts satisfaction with learning, no significant effects were found within the same individual over time. These findings underscore the importance of fostering positive emotions like enjoyment in educational settings and the need to consider both differences between students and changes within students over time to enhance learning experiences and outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102682"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143704630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Getting there is half the journey: An exploration of high schoolers' individual differences and navigation strategies during internet-based digital reading 到达目的地是成功的一半:高中生在基于互联网的数字阅读中的个体差异和导航策略的探索
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102676
Kole A. Norberg , Hyeju Han , Byeong-Young Cho , Scott H. Fraundorf
{"title":"Getting there is half the journey: An exploration of high schoolers' individual differences and navigation strategies during internet-based digital reading","authors":"Kole A. Norberg ,&nbsp;Hyeju Han ,&nbsp;Byeong-Young Cho ,&nbsp;Scott H. Fraundorf","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102676","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102676","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We examined how individual differences in epistemic beliefs, metacognition, and academic aptitude predicted successful navigation behaviors during internet-based digital reading. To do this, we first quantified internet navigation behaviors of 257 adolescents and used a random forest to identify which behaviors best explained variance in learning of an ill-structured topic. We found that search term generation, even controlling for sites accessed, was the dominant predictor of learning (i.e., knowledge gain and critical questioning). We argue these navigation behaviors reflect cognitive flexibility and task-centered navigation. Mediation analysis revealed that metacognitive awareness was a driving predictor behind students' successful implementation of these behaviors. Further, cognitive flexibility in navigation was particularly useful for students with <em>less</em> academic proficiency. We conclude that the metacognitive processes that lead adolescent readers to a website may be critical for success in unconstrained, internet-based environments.</div></div><div><h3>Educational relevance statement</h3><div>Digital reading is crucial for 21st century students to acquire, but it is unclear what specific skills or behaviors are most important to teach. In an analysis of high school students' digital reading, we found that the navigation behavior that best predicted learning and comprehension–even more than finding topic-specific sites–was creating topic-specific search queries that go beyond broad relevance to include a tight alignment to the topic. Students' engagement in this type of querying activity was predicted by individual differences in metacognition, suggesting that monitoring comprehension of the topic plays a role in the behavior. Individual differences in students' beliefs in the importance of digital literacy as a skill also predicted learning gains.</div><div>These results suggest that educators may be able to improve digital reading by encouraging students to reflect on their search queries, specifically advising students to consider the scope of the context for learning and how the information they are looking up serves the purpose of the task. Finally, educators may be able to improve student performance in this domain by focusing not just on <em>what</em> is important for digital literacy, but also on <em>why</em> it is important and needs to be honed as its own skill.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102676"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Joint developmental trajectories of home numeracy activities in China: The predictive role of parental beliefs of children's math skills 中国家庭算术活动的共同发展轨迹:父母信念对儿童数学技能的预测作用
IF 3.8 1区 心理学
Learning and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102680
Xingbei Liu , Bi Ying Hu , Mengdi Chen , Lixin Ren , Xiao Zhang , Yuewen Chen
{"title":"Joint developmental trajectories of home numeracy activities in China: The predictive role of parental beliefs of children's math skills","authors":"Xingbei Liu ,&nbsp;Bi Ying Hu ,&nbsp;Mengdi Chen ,&nbsp;Lixin Ren ,&nbsp;Xiao Zhang ,&nbsp;Yuewen Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102680","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102680","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the joint developmental paths of parent-child numeracy activities, which encompassed number skills, number books, number games, and number application activities, in 476 Chinese households during the three preschool years of their child. It also explored the connection between these identified paths and parental beliefs regarding the importance of children's mastery of mathematical skills and the corresponding age expectations. The study's findings revealed four latent categories: 1) Low involvement - slowly rising group (38.24 %), 2) High involvement - medium rising group (11.97 %), 3) Low involvement - fast rising group (30.88 %), and 4) High involvement - decreasing group (18.91 %). Compared to the low involvement - fast rising group, parents in the low involvement - slowly rising group perceived their children's mastery of math skills to be less important, while parents in the high involvement - medium rising group and high involvement - decreasing group expected their children to acquire numeracy skills at an earlier age.</div></div><div><h3>Educational relevance statement</h3><div>This study identified four distinct groups of the joint developmental trajectories of Chinese parents' involvement in home numeracy activities using a person-centered approach. We also found the relationship of parental beliefs and expectations toward their children's mastery of math skills with the identification of the four groups. Early intervention measures require educators to communicate the importance of young children's math skills to their parents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48336,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Individual Differences","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 102680"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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