HME-everyday activities at age 5 showed a protective effect, in contrast to other informal HME models, possibly because items were partially instructional for 5-year-olds¶

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q3 i? At age 5, everyday math activities showed significant negative interactions reflecting a protective pattern: higher-risk children benefited from more everyday numerical activities, unlike other informal HME models. → Torppa 2025 q1 i? The authors speculate the age-5 everyday items (measuring ingredients, using calendars, talking about money) may be partially instructional for a 5-year-old child in the Finnish context. → Torppa 2025

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Torppa 2025¶

Torppa, M., Psyridou, M., Khanolainen, D., Koponen, T., & Salminen, J. (2025). Role of home math environment in the intergenerational transmission of math skills. Learning and Instruction, 97, Article 102080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102080

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Latent interaction models with age-5 HME-everyday activities as moderator (Models 2F, 3F, 4F); standardized interaction estimates were −.60, −.55, and −.16* respectively (Table 5).

"At age 5, there were significant negative HME-everyday activities × parental skill interaction effects on a child’s arithmetic skills. The visual inspection of the slopes (Fig. 5) confirmed that at age 5, the negative interaction effect reflected a similar pattern as in the case of HME- formal."

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• Formal home math environment moderates the effect of parental math skills on children's arithmetic skills, showing a protective (gap-closing) effect for higher-risk children — related
• Among lower-risk children, higher formal HME was associated with worse arithmetic performance, a reversed association already present at ages 2 and 5 — related
• None of the HME measures served as a significant promotive factor; the only significant correlation between children's skills and HME factors was negative (Grade 1 HME-formal) — related