Abstract The United States has made a significant effort and investment in STEM education,
yet the size and the composition of the STEM workforce continues to fail to meet demand. It …

We review the literature on Chinese parents' views and practices through the lens of
Confucianism. Confucianism advances seven developmental goals for children–knowledge …

The purpose of this study was to propose and test a model of children's home numeracy
experience based on Sénéchal and LeFevre's home literacy model (Child Development, 73 …

Recognition of the importance of culture in understanding parenting has included a keen
interest in many Asian countries and societies. However, some clarification of the …

The goal of the current study is to develop a more complete understanding of the early home
math environment, encompassing both numeracy and non-numeracy aspects of that …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

This article synthesizes findings from an international virtual conference, funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF), focused on the home mathematics environment (HME) …

Τhe purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of parents' expectations, family's
socioeconomic status (SES) and home literacy environment (formal and informal literacy …

There is a growing literature concerning the role of the home math environment in children's
math development. In this study, we examined the relation between these constructs by …

Research Findings: Early mathematical skills and knowledge are strongly related to long-
term achievement, and yet the knowledge base regarding the mechanisms through which …