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之间的合作，WorkMAP项目将进行研究和设计战略，以检查技术工作场所技术人员在入门级工作和职业发展中所需的数学和问题解决技能的水平和性质。这项研究的结果将向两年制和四年制高等教育机构通报技术劳动力所需和使用的数学技能类型。这一为期两年的ATE项目包括三个组成部分：1)制定和实施研究战略，以评估IT工作场所使用的数学技能；2)创造工具，以衡量劳动力技能；以及3)传播研究结果、材料和工具。研究简报将包括确定信息技术工作者使用的数学技能和解决问题的策略、描述信息技术工作场所遇到的样本问题、讨论信息技术工作场所实地考察的案例研究，以及介绍未来工作场所审查的仪器和方案。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.