Wendy L.
Math in the Workplace Project
Instead of a midterm exam, you will do a project. The purpose of this project is for you to find out how math is used in your chosen field of study, and to make a connection between what we are learning in class and the job.
You will need to do some research into what kind of math is needed and how it is used in that job. If you are undecided about your area of study, you should choose a field that you are interested in.
Due dates are listed in Canvas.
Part 1 (10 points) – Choose a job or field of interest.
Find someone who works in that job that you can interview to find out more about how math is used in that area.
1. What job or field of interest did you choose?
2. Who are you going to interview?
3. Where do they work, what do they do?
4. Why did you choose this person to interview for this assignment?
Part 2 (40 points) – Gather Information
You will need to do some research into what kind of math is needed and how it is used in that job. If you are undecided about your area of study, you should choose a field that you are interested in. Find someone who works in that field to talk to about their experience and how they use math on the job.
When you do the interview, you should find out how they use math in their job and ask for specifics. If they don't have specific examples, then you need to do some research to find out what kind of math is used and come up with some examples on your own. Try to make a connection to something we have done in this class.
Provide information about:
1. What aspects of this job require math? Give specific examples.
2. What kind of math is it? (For example; fractions, or measurement conversions, or basic adding and subtracting, etc.)
3. Provide some examples of how math may be used in this field.
4. Any other information that is relevant to this assignment.
Part 3 (40 points) – Presentation
You will create a PowerPoint (or other type of visual presentation) that you can post in canvas to share your "math in the workplace" information with the class.
Things that need to be included in presentation:
1. Introduction – What type of job did you research?
2. Talk about how math is used in that field (even if it is just for sales or pay roll)
3. Give some examples of the types of math problems one might deal with in that job.
4. Conclusion or summary. Do you see a connection between something we did in this class and the math that is used in the job? What did you learn from this project?
You can use more slides if it will enhance your presentation. Be creative, make it interesting. Provide information that might be of help to someone else who is thinking about going into that field and might want to know about the math that will be used.
Grading Rubric that will be used to grade the presentation:
10 5 0
Introduction
Gave an introduction about what job you researched, who you interviewed for this project including name, where they work, and their job description.
Gave short introduction about the job, but not complete information.
No introduction given.
Information Gave detailed information about how math is used in that field. Gave specific examples that demonstrate what kind
Details were short, or unclear.
Examples were vague or incomplete.
No details or examples given.
of math is used.
Summary/conclusion
Includes a summary or conclusion at end of presentation detailing what you learned from this project including a connection to something learned in this class.
Brief summary given, not many details.
No summary or conclusion.
Presentation quality
(Slide show or other type of digital presentation)
Text is easy to read and slides are visually pleasing. Organized in a way that is easy to understand.
Slides are readable but text is too small or hard to read. Presentation shows that less than full effort was put into it.
Slides are difficult to read. Presentation is confusing and hard to follow. Shows minimal effort.
Part 4 (10 points) – Peer Review
You will review one presentation from a peer. More details coming soon.