The site is a collection of reference material designed to boost interest and enrollment in mathematics classes in mathematics as a career.
Type of Material:
Reference Material Workshop and Training Material
Recommended Uses:
In class, Homework, Lecture, Workshop
Technical Requirements:
None
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Learn the opportunities available by pursuing mathematics as a college major and as a professional career.
Target Student Population:
Potential math majors at all levels plus math majors investigating career choices.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This site contains multiple pages of material designed to promote purpose, opportunity and success in college mathematics as a discipline and a subsequent career. It uses text, video, blog, links and resources for teachers, including a shop that sells “math souvenirs.” It includes several subsections: Career, How to Succeed, Did You Know, Resources for Teachers. The information is comprehensive and timely with effective use of salary and job satisfaction data. The site is useful to the student who is curious about what a mathematician does and to the student who just wants to look at some purely interesting mathematical facts.
Concerns:
The emphasis is heavily on high-end, mainly scientific careers and spokespeople. Addition of a variety of mid-range users would be useful.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
This site could be used as a resource in career counseling classes in addition to math classes. The opening video includes hard-hitting quotations from authoritative sources such as “When you know mathematics you can do anything that you want.” Any student who asks the question, “What can I do with mathematics” can be directed to this site for clear answers.
Concerns:
None
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The list of over forty career choices is particularly appealing, where each entry includes a description of the career and salary range, the education necessary, including mathematics, the reasons why mathematics is necessary and potential employers. The style is aggressive with quotations such as “Of the fifteen most lucrative careers, the one thing they had in common was mathematics.” The layout is well designed and navigating through the site is intuitive.
Concerns:
None
Creative Commons:
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