What Predicts Preschoolers’ Math Skills? The Role of Paternal Education, Age, SES, and Preschool Attendance Avci, Kerem Bedel, Emine Ferda Early Math Ability Kerem Avci - Balikesir University - Türkiye - 0000-0002-8050-9469 Emine Ferda Bedel - Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University - Türkiye - 0000-0001-6498-7586 Recepción: 19.11.2025 | Aceptado: 26.11.2025 Correspondencia a través de ORCID: Kerem Avci - 0000-0002-8050-9469 Financiación: This study was funded by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit This study was produced from the master's thesis of the first author under the supervision of the second author. Área o categoría del conocimiento: Early Childhood Education Ethics and Consent to Participate: This study was carried out with the permission numbered 9191664/605.01/836008, Balıkesir Provincial Directorate of National Education. The authors declare that the rules determined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) were followed throughout the entire process of the study. Parents were informed before collecting data from children, and data were collected from the children of parents who signed the voluntary participation form for the study. This study examined the mathematical abilities of preschool children aged 44 to 66 months, regarding variables such as gender, age, handedness, birth order, family socioeconomic status (SES), and preschool attendance. The sample comprised of 288 children attending public preschools. Data were collected using the Test of Early Mathematics Ability–Third Edition (TEMA-3) and a demographic questionnaire. Results indicated that maternal education level is a more powerful and statistically significant predictor of children's early-math abilities compared to paternal education. While higher paternal education is descriptively associated with higher math scores, this relationship does not acquire statistical significance. According to regression analysis age, SES, and preschool attendance significantly predicted mathematical ability. On the contrary, gender, birth order, and handedness were not among the significant predictors. 2025-11-27T07:24:28Z 2025-11-27T07:24:28Z 2025-11-26 journal article Avci, K, & Bedel, EF (2025). What Predicts Preschoolers’ Math Skills? The Role of Paternal Education, Age, SES, and Preschool Attendance. REIDOCREA, 14(47), 683-697. 2254-5883 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/108373 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Granada