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Costa Rica 2006. Math Research Project Sarah Caley. Trip Goals. Speak Spanish Meet New People Ecotourism Coffee The Rainforest Independent Research Project. My Research Project. Math Originally: Compare math use to math education Became: Attitudes towards math in society - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Costa Rica 2006
Math Research ProjectSarah Caley
Trip Goals
• Speak Spanish• Meet New People• Ecotourism• Coffee• The Rainforest• Independent Research Project
My Research Project
• Math• Originally: Compare math use to math
education• Became: Attitudes towards math in society• Research Method:
• Surveys• Seattle • Mastatal
Survey Questions• Student Interview: (under 20)
– How much do you like math? (0-5)– How much math are you planning on studying? (0 (no math) to 5 (college))– Are you planning on going to a university? (y/n)– How much do you think you will use math outside of school? (0 (never) to 5
(every day))– How important is it for people to study math? (0-5)– On a scale of 0 to 5, 0 meaning women have a higher natural aptitude, 5
meaning that men have a higher natural aptitude, and 2.5 being that they’re equal, who has a higher natural ability for learning math?
• Adult Interview: (20+)– How much math did you study in school? (0 (no math) to 5 (college))– How much do you remember? (0-5)– How much do you like math? (0-5)– How much do you use math? (0 (never) to 5 (every day))– How important is it for people to study math? (0-5)– On a scale of 0 to 5, 0 meaning women have a higher natural aptitude, 5
meaning that men have a higher natural aptitude, and 2.5 being that they’re equal, who has a higher natural ability for learning math?
Mastatal
Pike Place Market
Example House
Education QuestionMath Studied - Seattle
00.050.1
0.150.2
0.250.3
0.350.4
1 2 3 4 5 6
Amount of Math Studied
Freq
uenc
y (%
)
Adults
Youths
Mastatal
Math Education
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
1 2 3 4 5 6
Level of Education Forseen
Freq
uenc
y (%
)
Adult
Youth
Math Use
Seattle Math Use
1
2
3
4
5
6
Math Uses• Seattle
– balance their checkbooks– pay their taxes– pay bills– evaluate investments– calculate gas expenditures– make measurements for
building– as an exercise to ‘keep the
brain busy.’
• Mastatal
– add up salaries– calculate savings and costs– help their children with their
math homework
Mastatal Math Use (1 = never to 6 = every day)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Age v. Views On Gender Aptitude
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0 20 40 60 80
Age
Gen
der A
ptitu
de: 0
=
Wom
en h
ave
a hi
gher
na
tura
l apt
itude
, 5 =
men
U.S. Mastatal Data
Project Conclusion
• Development – math use
• Change v. Stability
• Gender and Generational Differences
Trip Conclusion
• The Rainforest• Speak Spanish• Meet New People• Ecotourism• Coffee