Needed Math: An ATE Conference Proposal

在那些需要高级技术领域的高水平知识和技能，但可能不需要学士学位的职业中，国家面临着熟练的技术专业人员的短缺。据美国国家研究委员会称，数学科学是日常生活中几乎每个方面的一部分；即使在传统行业，数学科学的作用也在扩大。虽然具体的数学能力因不同职业和专业的要求而异，但熟练的技术劳动力对这种能力的需求是毫无疑问的。本次会议将探讨什么是数学，以及STEM教育企业应该采取的步骤，以确保学生能够成功地培养必要的数学能力和流畅性。在智力价值方面，“所需数学：先进技术教育会议”将汇集三组思想领袖，建立并提出一套通用的数学概念和技能，这些概念和技能是教育和雇用技术人员从事生物技术、信息/通信技术和先进制造业等stem相关职业的先决条件。与会者将代表与需求数学相关的三个群体：数学教育者和研究人员；社区学院教师；和STEM雇主。会议对与会者的收费是：(1)描述这些领域的雇主所寻找的特定数学技能；(2)识别构成这些技能的统一数学概念；(3)提出必要的行动，以有效地向7-14年级的学生教授这些概念；(4)综合建议和结果，编辑成一套会议记录；(5)在各种场所以各种形式向广大受众传播会议成果。就更广泛的影响而言，会议旨在为利益相关者群体提供有关数学教学的指导，以支持发展和维持一支多样化的熟练技术专业人员队伍。

The nation faces a shortage of skilled technical professionals in occupations that require a high level of knowledge and skills in advanced technical fields, but may not require baccalaureate degrees. According to the National Research Council, the mathematical sciences are part of most every aspect of everyday life; and even in old-line industries, the role of the mathematical sciences has expanded. While specific mathematical competencies vary with the demands of different occupations and professions, the need for such competencies in the skilled technical workforce is without question. This conference will explore what mathematics is needed and the steps the STEM education enterprise should take to ensure students can successfully develop the requisite mathematical competency and fluency.With regards to intellectual merit, the "Needed Math: Advanced Technological Education Conference" will bring together three groups of thought-leaders to establish and propose a set of common mathematics concepts and skills that are pre-requisites for education and employment of technicians in STEM-related careers in biotechnology, information/communication technology, and advanced manufacturing. Conference attendees will represent three communities that have a stake in needed mathematics: math educators and researchers; community college faculty; and STEM employers. The charge to attendees of the conference is to (1) characterize specific mathematics skills that employers in those domains look for; (2) identify the unifying math concepts that underlie those skills; (3) propose needed action to take to teach those concepts effectively to students in grades 7-14; (4) synthesize recommendations and results in an edited set of Conference proceedings; and (5) disseminate conference deliverables to a wide audience in a variety of veues and in a variety of formats. In terms of broader impacts, the conference intends to provide guidance to groups of stakeholders with regards to the teaching and learning of mathematics in support of developing and sustaining a diverse workforce of skilled technical professionals.