High School Mathematics at Work: Essays and Examples for the Education of All Students

by National Research Council, Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Research Council Staff

Traditionally, vocational mathematics and precollege mathematics have been separate in schools. But the technological world in which today's students will work and live calls for increasing connection between mathematics and its applications. Workplace-based mathematics may be good mathematics for everyone.

High School Mathematics at Work illuminates the interplay between technical and academic mathematics. This collection of thought-provoking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309063531
• ISBN13: 9780309063531
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.1"