WorkMAP: Students' Mathematical Preparation for Work

作为数学及其应用联盟（COMAP）、社区大学研究中心和美国信息技术协会的合作项目，WorkMAP项目将开展研究和设计策略，以检查初级工作和技术工作场所技术人员职业发展所需的数学和解决问题技能的水平和性质。这项研究的结果将为两年制和四年制高等教育机构提供有关技术劳动力所需和使用的数学技能类型的信息。这个为期两年的ATE项目包括三个组成部分：1)制定和实施研究策略，以评估IT工作场所使用的数学技能；2)创造衡量劳动力技能的工具；3)研究成果、材料和工具的传播。研究简报将包括确定IT工作者使用的数学技能和解决问题的策略，描述在IT工作场所遇到的示例问题，讨论IT工作场所现场访问的案例研究，以及介绍未来工作场所检查的工具和协议。将举行为期一天的电话会议和项目讲习班，以传播项目成果。

A collaboration between the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP), the Community College Research Center, and the Information Technology Association of America, the WorkMAP project will conduct research and design strategies to examine the level and nature of mathematics and problem-solving skills required in entry-level jobs and career advancement for technicians in the technical workplace. The results of the study will inform two- and four-year higher education institutions on the type of mathematics skills needed and used in the technological workforce. Three component phases comprise this two-year ATE project: 1) development and implementation of research strategies to assess mathematics skills employed in the IT workplace; 2) creation of tools to measure workforce skills; and 3) dissemination of research findings, materials and tools. Research briefs will be produced to include identification of the mathematical skills and problem-solving strategies used by IT workers, description of sample problems encountered in the IT workplace, discussion of case studies of IT workplace site visits, and presentation of instruments and protocols for future workplace examination. A one-day teleconference as well as project workshops will be offered to disseminate project results.