Description: Students often struggle to perform the math calculations required in biotechnology classes and jobs. It is therefore common for students, teachers, and employers to think that these students can’t “do” math. In reality, average students have the math skills required to perform the majority of commonplace biotechnology calculations. But they have difficulty finding and applying appropriately the math tools they possess. In our upcoming webinar on October 14th, a biotechnology instructor and a math instructor will come together to talk about strategies to help students develop the ...
Math--how to teach it, how to use it, who needs it, and how to keep it from being a barrier between students and jobs. These are all topics of discussion at the Needed Math, a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Funded Conference. This conference, held from January 12-15, 2018 ...
In spring 2013, the National Center for Education and the Economy (NCEE) issued the results of a research study that analyzed the math and English requirements for community college students entering nine popular occupational fields, including biotechnology, nursing, computer programming, and business. The study addressed the question: "What does it ...
