High-Quality Math Learning and Family Engagement Among Black Preschoolers and Their Families
Each month’s Crane Research Forum features research on emerging or key topics affecting children. These events are free and open to all, but registration is required.
Join us via Zoom for the April Crane Research Forum as Dr. Ashli-Ann Douglas discusses supporting math learning among Black preschoolers.
Research has demonstrated that families’ efforts to support their preschool-aged children’s math learning at home are significantly related to their children’s math skills which are, in turn, strong predictors of their later math achievement. In this session, Dr. Ashli-Ann Douglas will review the research literature on home math engagement and discuss a recent study on Black families’ involvement in, perspectives about, and desired resources for supporting their preschool-aged children’s math learning. Dr. Douglas will discuss how these findings can inform math instruction within preschool programs to better support the math development of Black preschoolers and improve family-school partnerships focused on early math.
Dr. Ashli-Ann Douglas is a Mathematics Education Researcher at WestEd and a co-facilitator of the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Early Math Interest Forum. She works to understand and improve the quality of mathematics teaching and learning, with special interests in early childhood education, student mindset, and culturally responsive-sustaining learning opportunities. She has disseminated research findings through professional development workshops, conference presentations, nontechnical reports, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr. Douglas earned a PhD and MS in Developmental Psychology from Vanderbilt University and a BA in Psychology from Fisk University. She has also completed certificates in elementary school and college teaching and is a certified reviewer for the What Works Clearinghouse group design standards v5.0.