PREPARING STUDENTS FOR MODERN WORK: LESSONS FROM AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING

Discusses important lessons on the mathematics of manufacturing and how curriculum content and teaching can prepare students for working. Features concepts such as the importance of spatial and geometric reasoning, problem solving, numbers and computation, and measurement. (ASK)

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Published in:The Mathematics teacher 1999-03, Vol.92 (3), p.254-258
Main Author: Smith, John P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Standards
Appropriate Technology
Automobile production
Computation
Computers
Coordinate systems
Curricula
Data Analysis
Education Work Relationship
Educational Technology
Evaluative Thinking
Fractions
Geometric Concepts
Geometric shapes
Geometry
High School Graduates
High schools
Machine Tools
Machining
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Industry
Mathematics Activities
Mathematics curricula
Mathematics Curriculum
Mathematics education
Mathematics Instruction
Mathematics Teachers
Measurement
Motor Vehicles
Numbers
Pollution
Secondary Education
Secondary school curricula
Secondary School Mathematics
Spatial Ability
Systems Analysis
Translation
Trigonometry
Visualization
Workplaces
Writing Instruction
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Summary:Discusses important lessons on the mathematics of manufacturing and how curriculum content and teaching can prepare students for working. Features concepts such as the importance of spatial and geometric reasoning, problem solving, numbers and computation, and measurement. (ASK)
ISSN:0025-5769
2330-0582
DOI:10.5951/MT.92.3.0254