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

这项授予普渡大学的奖项为一个专注于家庭计算环境(HNE)的会议提供了部分支持。这次会议讨论了这一至关重要的主题，吸收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，并在很大程度上持续到高中。尽管很明显，社会经济地位(SES)在产生这些差距方面发挥了重要作用，但需要更好地了解具体的原因机制。此外，可能还有其他重要的家庭因素可以给孩子接种疫苗，保护他们在入学时不会在数学方面落后。对于跨学科的研究人员来说，这次会议是一个独特的机会，可以分享他们尖端工作的成果，接受关于翻译机会的反馈，并了解如何前进。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变异性；第二，对现有HNE文献的回顾(确定差距和未来方向)；第三，开发更好的HNE调查方法。会议的成果将包括一份工作文件，该文件为卫生和环境教育研究界提出了一个连贯的愿景。该奖项将在很大程度上帮助抵消参与者与旅行有关的费用。它还将支持立场文件的发展，为该领域的前进提供基础。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.