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Parents' Experiences At A Mathematics Workshop Focused On K-2 Content, Abigail W. Wilkerson Apr 2024

Parents' Experiences At A Mathematics Workshop Focused On K-2 Content, Abigail W. Wilkerson

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Parents’ beliefs towards math have been shown to impact their children’s academic achievement in the subject (Elliott & Bachman, 2018; Maloney et al., 2015). With the constant changing of math standards, the math taught in today’s schools may be different from the way parents were taught math. This change can lead to feelings of discomfort or nervousness when the subject is brought up. A parent workshop geared towards helping parents better understand the way math content is being taught can help them to feel more comfortable with math and more prepared to help their children. To help combat this issue, …