Reform mathematics

We as a society need to encourage more young girls and women to take an interest in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In 2009, 48% of the United States workforce was comprised of women while 52% comprised of men (Kimmel et al, 2012). While the slight deviation in percentage seems small, when STEM field jobs were looked at in particular, it was realized that that 76% of the STEM jobs are held be men while women only held on to 24% (Szelényi et al, 2013). In…

encourage them to value their progress in learning. 3. Why should special education teachers assess mathematics vocabulary? • Math is like a second language. It is important for students to know and understand the vocabulary terms that they are using when they are talking about the math problems to others. This will also help the students understand math word problems. 4. List and describe the two mathematics learning styles. • Quantitative- These children are usually good with language skills…

Participant (subject) characteristics The participant’s name is “Tameta”. Tameta is a 39-year-old female without a disability. At the beginning of the research, her daily average step count in a four-week period was approximately 5,000. While only working part-time, she would like to at least maintain her daily step count average by focusing on performing a walking activity for one continuous hour each day. Research design The research design is ABAB. The baseline data will calculate the…

Mock Session Reactions Reviewing and going over my mock session proved once again to be beneficial. Overall I found that the session went well, I do believe that my client has more trust in my and my rapport with her has grown. During the session, I noticed that I did not move much from the position that I was in and I had my hands folded within each other the entire time and I kept eye contact with the client for the majority of the session. I also noted that my tone of voice was very…

Sophie Germain was born during a time of revolution in France (Laubenbacher and Pengelley, 5). This is very fitting because Germain, in her own way, was a revolutionary. She became interested in mathematics at a very young age, and without any sort of formal education or training became one of the greatest mathematicians in history (Swift). Germain fought against gender stereotypes during her life and fought for recognition as a female mathematician (Swift). Throughout her life, Germain refused…

Proof is incorporated in the VCE Mathematics Study Design 2016-2018 and VCE Mathematics textbooks. Proof is integrated in many areas of study such as arithmetic and number, geometry measurement and trigonometry, algebra and structure, and discrete mathematics (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCAA], 2016). This supports the idea that one of the central goals of school mathematics, notably at the upper secondary level, is the development of proof concepts (Coe & Ruthven, 1994).…

The Great Golf Ball Dilemma- Will *All calculations are rounded* This maths investigation explored the best way to package six golf balls and to recommend to the manager of a sports manufacturing company Supreme Sports. The task was to test two designs, a cylindrical box and a rectangular box, under the criteria of wasting minimal space and also the least cost the company. This testing would occur by using the knowledge of surface area and volume using formulas to find out the mathematical…

Bhilai, India Abstract—In this paper, we have used two algorithms, i.e. the Nearest Neighbor algorithm and Genetic Algorithm to solve the Travelling Salesman problem. The Travelling Salesman problem is a widely studied problem in computational mathematics. In the Travelling Salesman problem, a salesman has to visit all the cities first and then move to the same city from where it has started its whole journey. One of the concerns here with this problem, here is that the salesman cannot…

Ping! You wonder what that was. You pull out your phone to see that your math teacher updated your math test! Finally, after waiting so long you can't resist the urge to see your grade. " HONK!!!" You abruptly look up, seeing what caused this commotion, until you realize you walked straight to the middle of the road instead of taking the sidewalk. Your math test update which was once so seemingly important, is now forgotten. Many situations like this arised a debate on the pressing situation of…

biology. This career will provide me with a unique workplace where I can use many of my different intelligences. In this field of work not only will I get be in nature, I will be putting to work my many unique intelligences like using logic and mathematics to interpret data and conduct research. I will also use my naturalistic intelligence to notice details and make observations about the world around me. Understanding the theory of multiple intelligences has helped me to strengthen my mind, and…