| ISBN | 0883857022 |
| Subject | Mathematics - Problems, exercises, etc; Women in mathematics |
| Publisher | Mathematical Assn of America |
| Publication Date | July 1995 |
| Format | Paperback (246 x 178 mm) |
| Language | e |
| She Does Math!: Real-Life Problems from Women on the Job (Classroom Resource Materials) - Real-Life Problems from Women on the Job (Classroom Resource Materials Series) - Marla Parker (1995) |
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| <P>She Does Math! presents the career histories of 38 professional women and math problems related to their work. Each history describes how much math the author took in high school and college; how she chose her field of study; and how she ended up in her current job. Each of the women presents problems that are typical of those she has faced in her job. The problems require nothing beyond high school mathematics for their solution.</P> <P>There are many good reasons to buy this book: <BR>- It contains real-life problems. Any student who asks the question, "Why do I have to learn algebra (or trigonometry or geometry)?" will find many answers in its pages. Students will welcome seeing situations from real-world jobs where the math skills they are learning in class are actually used.<BR>- It provides strong female role-models.<BR>- It supplies practical information about the job market. Students learn that they can only compete for these interesting, well-paying jobs by taking mathematics throughout their high school and college years.</P> <P>- It demonstrates the surprising variety of fields in which mathematics is used. <BR>Buy a copy for your daughter, your granddaughter, your sister, your former math teachers, your students-and young men too. They want to know how the math they study is applied to real-life problems and this book will show them.</P> |
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