Refining Understanding of the Home Math Environment in the Early Years: An Interdisciplinary Working Conference

这个奖项给普渡大学提供了部分支持的会议集中在家庭计算环境（HNE）。会议讨论了这一至关重要的主题，借鉴了来自一系列学科和文献的研究人员。这些文献中的一个强有力的发现是，数学成绩差距存在于学前班，并在很大程度上持续到高中。虽然很明显，社会经济地位（SES）在产生这些差距中发挥了重要作用，但需要更好地了解具体的因果机制。此外，可能还有其他重要的家庭因素可以帮助儿童，保护他们在入学时不会在数学方面落后。该会议为跨学科研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，可以分享他们的前沿工作成果，获得有关翻译机会的反馈，并了解如何向前迈进。该项目由EHR核心研究计划资助，该计划支持推进STEM学习研究文献的基础研究。会议有三个目标：第一，讨论HNE在不同年龄和文化中的差异;第二，对HNE现有文献进行回顾（确定差距和未来方向）;第三，开发更好的HNE调查措施。会议的成果将包括一份工作文件，为HNE研究界提出一个连贯的愿景。该奖项将在很大程度上帮助抵消与会者的差旅费。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award to Purdue University provides partial support for a conference focused on the home numeracy environment (HNE). The conference addresses this critically important topic, drawing on researchers from a range of disciplines and literatures. A robust finding across these literatures is that achievement gaps in math exist at preschool and largely persist through high school. Though it is clear that socio-economic status (SES) plays a significant role in producing these gaps, a better understanding of specific causal mechanisms is needed. Moreover, there may be other important home-based factors that could inoculate children, protecting them from lagging behind in mathematics upon school entry. The conference is a unique opportunity for researchers across disciplines to share the results of their cutting-edge work, receive feedback on the translational opportunities, and get a sense of how to move forward. The project is funded by the EHR Core Research program, which supports fundamental research that advances the research literature on STEM learning.The conference has three aims: First, discussion around variability in HNE across age and culture; second, the development of a review of the extant literature on HNE (identifying gaps and future directions); and, third, the development of a better survey measure of HNE. The output of the conference will include a working paper that presents a coherent vision for the HNE research community. The award will largely help offset expenses for participants related to travel. It will also support the development of the position paper that provides a foundation for the field to move forward.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.