There? ?is? ?an? ?enormous? ?need? ?for? ?qualified? ?people? ?to? ?pursue? ?careers? ?in? ?STEM? ?(Noonan, 2017).? ?However,? ?the? ?lack? ?of? ?a? ?strong? ?foundation? ?in? ?mathematics? ?means? ?students? ?are? ?less? ?likely to? ?pursue? ?STEM? ?majors? ?and? ?careers? ?(Chen,? ?2013;? ?Griffith,? ?2010;? ?Huang,? ?Taddese,? ?&? ?Walter,? ?E, 2000;? ?Kokkelenberg? ?&? ?Sinha,? ?2010;? ?Lowell? ?et.? ?al.,? ?2009).? ?Students? ?from? ?low-income? ?families, women,? ?and? ?underrepresented? ?minorities? ?are? ?also? ?less? ?likely? ?to? ?major? ?in? ?STEM? ?(Bettinger,? ?2010; Griffith,? ?2010;? ?Hill,? ?Corbett? ?&? ?Rose,? ?2010;? ?Kokkelenberg? ?&? ?Sinha,? ?2010).? ?Improving? ?math learning? ?in? ?the? ?elementary? ?grades? ?is? ?important? ?to? ?ensure? ?children? ?have? ?the? ?essential foundational? ?skills? ?and? ?strong? ?self-efficacy? ?beliefs? ?to? ?be? ?able? ?to? ?succeed? ?with? ?later? ?mathematics and? ?pursue? ?careers? ?in? ?STEM.? ?With? ?this? ?Fast-Track? ?grant,? ??Class? ?Store? ??(?CS?)?,? ?we? ?propose? ?to transform? ?the? ?way? ?in? ?which? ?students? ?learn? ??Number? ?and? ?Operations? ?in? ?Base? ?Ten.?? ??CS? ??will? ?be? ??an engaging,? ?commercially? ?available,? ?classroom-based? ?economy? ?game? ?for? ?tablets? ?and Chromebooks? ?that? ?focuses? ?on? ?multi-digit? ?operations.? C?? S?? ?will?? ?encourage? ?conceptual understanding? ?and? ?build? ?math? ?self-efficacy? ?for? ?students? ?in? ?grades? ?K-5? ?within? ?the? ?context? ?of? ?a digital,? ?classroom-based? ?marketplace.? ?Within? ?the? ?game,? ?students? ?will? ?create? ?stores,? ?craft? ?objects to? ?sell,? ?engage? ?in? ?selling/purchasing? ?transactions,? ?and? ?work? ?together? ?to? ?increase? ?the? ?value? ?of? ?the economy.? ?In? ?addition,? ?the? ?game? ?will? ?utilize? ??artificial? ?intelligence? ?(AI)? ?to? ?detect? ?strategies? ?students use? ?and? ?help? ?teachers? ?facilitate? ?rich? ?mathematical? ?discussions? ?thereby? ?enhancing? ?students reasoning? ?skills. Outcomes.? ??The? ?proposal? ?will? ?encourage? ?three? ?main? ?outcomes,? ?namely:? ?1)? ?algorithms? ?for detecting? ?math? ?strategies? ?students? ?use,? ?2)? ?a? ?discussion? ?support? ?dashboard,? ?and? ?3)? ?algorithms for? ?predicting? ?at-risk? ?status.? ?A? ?key? ?research? ?aim? ?is? ?to? ?determine? ?whether? ?the? ?software? ?can? ?predict math? ?strategies? ?students? ?use? ?and? ?detect? ?which? ?students? ?are? ?at-risk? ?academically? ?as? ?compared to? ?standardized? ?assessment? ?data,? ?which? ?will? ?help? ?teachers? ?intervene? ?appropriately.? ?The discussion? ?support? ?dashboard? ?will? ?help? ?to? ?promote? ?rich? ?mathematical? ?discussion,? ?thereby improving? ?students? ?mathematical? ?justification? ?and? ?conceptual? ?understanding.? ?The? ?engaging game? ?will? ?bolster? ?students? ?motivation? ?and? ?self-efficacy? ?in? ?mathematics. Improving? ?students? ?academic? ?outcomes? ?and? ?self-efficacy? ?in? ?base? ?ten? ?during? ?elementary school? ?will? ?promote? ?later? ?success? ?in? ?high? ?school? ?mathematics.? ?Since? ?the? ?number? ?of? ?advanced math? ?classes? ?students? ?take? ?is? ?correlated? ?with? ?likelihood? ?to? ?complete? ?a? ?STEM? ?degree,? ?(Chen, 2013)? ?a? ?distal? ?outcome? ?of? ?this? ?proposal? ?is? ?increasing? ?students? ?pursuing? ?careers? ?in? ?STEM.
Public Health Relevance Statement: Project? ?Narrative There? ?is? ?an? ?enormous? ?need? ?for? ?students? ?majoring? ?in? ?the? ?fields? ?of? ?Science,? ?Technology, Engineering? ?and? ?Mathematics? ?(STEM),? ?yet? ?lacking? ?a? ?strong? ?foundation? ?in? ?mathematics? ?makes students,? ?especially? ?women,? ?minorities? ?and? ?those? ?from? ?low-income? ?backgrounds,? ?less? ?likely? ?to pursue? ?careers? ?in? ?STEM.? ??Class? ?Store?? ?will? ?bolster? ?students? ?mathematics? ?abilities,? ?including mathematical? ?reasoning? ?and? ?self-efficacy,? ?in? ?the? ?foundational? ?area? ?of? N?? umber? ?and? ?Operations? ?in Base? ?10?? ?in? ?the? ?short? ?and? ?long? ?term.? ?This? ?will,? ?in? ?turn,? ?lead? ?to? ?several? ?positive? ?distal? ?outcomes, such? ?as? ?increased? ?STEM? ?majors? ?and? ?careers.
Project Terms: Achievement; Algorithms; Area; Artificial Intelligence; base; Belief; career; Child; Childhood Cancer Survivor Study; Code; Computer software; dashboard; Data; Data Files; design; Detection; Digit structure; digital; Distal; elementary school; Elements; Ensure; experience; field study; fifth grade; Foundational Skills; Foundations; fourth grade; Goals; Grant; high school; High School Student; improved; Intervention; Investments; iterative design; Lead; Learning; Low income; lower income families; Marketing; mathematical ability; mathematical learning; mathematical theory; Mathematics; Measures; Minority; Modeling; operation; Outcome; Performance; Phase; prediction algorithm; Process; Protocols documentation; prototype; Research; Risk; Sales; Scheme; Schools; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; second grade; Self Efficacy; skills; Standardization; Structure; student participation; Students; success; support tools; Tablets; teacher; Testing; Transact; Underrepresented Minority; usability; Woman; Work
