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

普渡大学获得的这一奖项为家庭计算环境（HNE）会议提供了部分支持。会议讨论了这一至关重要的话题，吸引了来自一系列学科和文献的研究人员。在这些文献中，一个强有力的发现是，数学成绩差距在学龄前就存在，并且在很大程度上持续到高中。虽然社会经济地位显然在产生这些差距方面起着重要作用，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为儿童接种疫苗，保护他们在入学时不会在数学上落后。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，获得有关转化机会的反馈，并了解如何向前发展。该项目由EHR核心研究项目资助，该项目支持推进STEM学习研究文献的基础研究。会议有三个目标：第一，讨论不同年龄和文化背景下HNE的差异；第二，对现有关于HNE的文献进行综述（确定差距和未来方向）；第三，制定更好的HNE调查措施。会议的产出将包括一份工作文件，为HNE研究界提供一个连贯的愿景。奖金将在很大程度上抵消参与者的差旅费。它还将支持制定立场文件，为该领域的前进奠定基础。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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.