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ERIC Number: EJ962449
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Apr
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0020-7187
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Mathematically-Relevant Input during Play of a Caregiver with a Visual Impairment and Her Toddler
Lee, Joanne; Kotsopoulos, Donna; Stordy, Caryl-Anne
International Journal of Early Childhood, v44 n1 p71-90 Apr 2012
This research investigated play between two caregivers, one with a visual impairment, and their 15-month-old daughter. The mother has a visual impairment. We aimed to identify the similarities and differences in mathematically-relevant input by comparing the 30-min naturalistic play session conducted separately between the mother-daughter and the father-daughter dyad. The mother in this research participated in two 5-week community-based early numeracy sessions with her daughter. Results revealed that the toddler engaged in more joint attention with her father who also produced more mathematically-relevant utterances than the mother. Furthermore, the toddler was often not in joint attention with her mother despite many of the mother's attempts to talk about an object by touching. Implications for engaging in mathematically-relevant input by parents with a visual impairment with their pre-verbal children will be discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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