我的孩子有多聪明? 父母对孩子的认知能力的判断准确度
Elena Mack1, Vsevolod Scherrer1, Franzis Preckel1
1Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.
Child development
|August 22, 2024
概括
父母在判断孩子的认知能力的准确性各不相同. 学业成绩,孩子的性别,出生顺序和父母的教育水平影响判断的准确性,影响学习环境.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 准确的父母对孩子认知能力的判断对于定制的教育支持至关重要.
- 了解影响父母判断准确性的因素可以优化学习环境.
- 之前的研究还没有充分探讨孩子和父母特征对判断准确性的相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查父母对孩子认知能力的判断的准确性.
- 确定与儿童相关的 (性别,出生顺序) 和与父母相关的 (性别,社会经济背景) 判断准确性的调节者.
- 确定认知能力与学术成绩对父母判断的相对影响.
主要方法:
- 对来自德国2346名儿童及其家长的数据进行了潜在回归分析.
- 数据收集发生在2012年9月至2014年2月期间.
- 在不同年级级别检查了儿童和家长特征的缓和效应.
主要成果:
- 儿童的认知能力占父母判断差异的25-37%.
- 父母的判断更多地受到孩子的学业成绩的影响,而不是他们的实际认知能力.
- 父母在判断儿子时表现出更高的准确性,而不是女儿,和第一个出生的人比最后一个出生的人.
- 较高的父母教育与更高的判断准确性相关.
结论:
- 父母对认知能力的判断受到实际认知能力之外的多个因素的影响.
- 学术成绩作为一个重要的,虽然潜在的偏见,代理认知能力在家长的判断.
- 旨在提高父母判断准确性的干预措施应考虑儿童的性别,出生顺序和父母的社会经济背景.
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