Develop Math Skills At Home

The Early-Dawn of a Girl’s Life

From the time that girl infants are introduced into the “early-dawn” of life in many societies, there is common perception that they are born of the expectation they will not have the ability to have fundamental and advanced comprehension and grasp for the math’s and math sciences. According to (Tocci & Engelhard, 1991; Triandis, 1971; Zimbardo & Ebbersen, 1970) expectations can have a strong influence on one’s attitudes and behavior. Also (Snyder, 1979; Snyder & Swann, 1978) wrote that “parents’ and teachers’ negative expectations put girls at a distinct disadvantage in the classroom”.

What Parents Do

What parents do is to have commonly have pre-disposition expectations of daughters and sons. From (Maccoby & Jacklin, 1974; Unger & Crawford, 1992) “parents may allow boys more chances for active interaction with the physical world, but they talk more to girls. Parents treat boys and girls differently from birth”. “They are more physically active with boys than with girls”, were according to (Huston, 1983; Lewis, 1972; Parke, 1976). Also according to (Baennenger & Newcombe, 1989; Miller, 1987; Serbin & Conner, 1979) (Et al), “parents give boys more spatially complex toys and more opportunities to explore their physical worlds. These differences may contribute to the well-documented gender differences in spatial ability. Spatial ability is an important component of math skills and facilitates comprehension of abstract mathematical concepts used in geometry, trigonometry and calculus”.

What Teachers Do

What Teachers do is to expect less academically from girls than from boys and treat girls quite differently from the way boys are treated. Boys are praised for their ability when they do well, and criticized for not working harder when they don’t. Girls are complimented on their hard work and neat performance when they succeed in math; they are told they are not bright when they fail (Dweck, 1986; Dweck, Davidson, Nelson & Enna, 1978; Stockard, 1980). The expectations from teachers that often are sprinkled on girls’ leads normally to fear and failure of comprehension or grasp of the nature of the math’s and math sciences. Self confidence and determination are often indoctrinated into an educator’s program based on wrongful expectations of female students. We know this all to well.

How Parents Can Help Their Daughters Develop Math Skills at Home

How to help your young child, boy and or girl, develop math skills is to first start at home. Before they enter a formal education process and institution, that will indeed send girls first to the, “I can never know math” environment, build their confidences by teaching them not to fear math or determination with teachers asking questions. Play fun games and find the ability to make math a fun learning experience. There are many aids online that can help parents promote math to girls by using keywords, Females + Math. Education, when fun, can be addictive and so can math and math sciences.