61. Info For Math Majors Advising help Careers for math Majors Internships and Summer Programs Selected Readings for the However, much of the advice is quite general. http://math.wcupa.edu/~marano/ProjectNExT/mathMajors.html

General Information on Advising Math Majors Below is a collection of links you may find useful in advising your students. They are broken up into the following categories. Advising help Careers for Math Majors Internships and Summer Programs Selected Readings for the Major Advising help Advice for the New Advisor by Sandy Paur: http://math.wcupa.edu/~marano/ProjectNExT/AdviceForTheNewAdvisor.htm Cornell University advising page: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/stu-adv/fachndbk/sec2.htm Graduate Record Exam http://www.gre.org/ Careers for math majors http://www.ams.org/careers/ - Mathematical Sciences Career Information: Project for Nonacademic Employment. A joint effort of the AMS, MAA and SIAM. http://www.ams.org/careers-edu/undergrad.html - Undergraduate Math Major guide to Graduate School, Summer and Semester Programs, Math, Clubs, and Conference websites, On-line Journals, Competitions, Prizes, Honorary Societies, Careers, Jobs, Internships, and an Online Brochure of Resources for Undergraduates in Mathematics. http://webpages.ursinus.edu/lthiel/WORKSHOP.HTM

62. Classic Math Solutions Resources 50 ProblemSolving Lessons The Best from 10 Years of math Solutions Newsletters, Grades 1–6 • So You Have to Teach math? Sound advice for K–6 Teachers http://www.mathsolutions.com/mb/content/publications/p_pub_01.html

Math Solutions Publications Alphabetical List by Title Index of Classroom Lessons Book Reviews ... Sign Up for Online Newsletter Classic Math Solutions Resources Connecting Inservice to Classroom Instruction While there is no substitute for the hands-on experience gained from a professional development course, the important ideas and skills delivered need reinforcement to achieve lasting change in classroom instruction. Our resource books on these two pages provide an important and valuable link between face-to-face inservice and the implementation of effective math lessons. Well received since their introduction, these classic Math Solutions books continue to help teachers expand their teaching repertoires and strengthen their content knowledge of mathematics. A Collection of Math Lessons Math: Facing an American Phobia 50 Problem-Solving Lessons: The Best from 10 Years of Math Solutions About Teaching Mathematics: Second Edition by Marilyn Burns Marilyn Burns shares decades of experience with teachers and students in this requisite resource for anyone who teaches math or is concerned with improving math instruction. A compendium of about 240 classroom-tested lessons, this book has provided more than 300,000 teachers with practical wisdom and guidance for building student understanding and skills through a problem-solving approach to teaching mathematics. A discussion section for content-related explanations and an answer key for selected problems are also included. 360 pages.

63. Book Review: So You Have To Teach Math? So You Have to Teach math? Sound advice for K–6 Teachers by Marilyn Burns and Robyn Silbey. Review 1 • 2. Review by Kari Augustine, Cottage Grove School, http://www.mathsolutions.com/mb/content/publications/reviews/rev_teachmath.html

Book Review by Marilyn Burns and Robyn Silbey Review Review by Kari Augustine, Cottage Grove School, Cottage Grove, WI. From the October 2001 issue of Teaching Children Mathematics, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Not everyone loves advice, and if advice needs to be given, it is most likely to be heard if it is brief, to the point, and delivered in a loving way. So You Have to Teach Math? Principles and Standards for School Mathematics The title may imply that the book was designed only for those who are new to mathematics teaching or those who are reluctant to enter the world outlined by Principles and Standards. Review by Jay N. Hoffman, Ed.D., superintendent, Nuview Union School District, Nuevo, California, from the February 2001 issue of Intersection, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Despite our own love of teaching math, most of us will concede that we know others who detest it! For us, the fulfillment of seeing kids grow mathematically is a tremendous motivator to provide the best possible teaching/learning environment. For our non-math oriented colleagues, the notion of joy and creativity in teaching math is, at best, somewhat foreign.

64. Teachnology Teacher Forum - Advice For New Teacher Teaching Math Go Back, Teachnology Teacher Forum High School Reload this Page advice for new teacher teaching math. User Name, Remember Me? Password http://www.teach-nology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33

65. Teachnology Teacher Forum - Advice For New Teacher Teaching Math View Full Version advice for new teacher teaching math I don’t mean to bash my mathteaching friends, but most of the math teachers I have met are http://www.teach-nology.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-33.html

Teachnology Teacher Forum High School PDA View Full Version : Advice for new teacher teaching Math Unregistered 07-12-2004, 05:36 PM Help! I need some advice. I graduated in May 2004 with a Secondary Business Education degree (B.S.E.d.), but could not find a position in that area. So, I'm going to be teaching Pre - Algebra (9th Vocational level) and Algebra 1 (10th - College Prep). I'm a bit overwhelmed at this point. Any suggestions, hints, advice, etc. is MUCH appreciate Jenny 07-12-2004, 06:32 PM If you want a Business teaching job, you're going to wait awhile. I would spend sometime looking at my curriculum and start to plan a calendar for the year with the time you have left. Unregistered 07-15-2004, 01:56 PM Don't teach math. Teach students. And don’t teach from your butt, move around and interact with your students. I don’t mean to bash my math-teaching friends, but most of the math teachers I have met are arrogant, self righteous, and do more damage than anything else. Your job is to make students understand the material, not to meet some arbitrary deadline dictated to you by your department. Make it interesting, if you're bored, trust me, they are too. Remember, just because it's the way we’ve always done it DONT make it right. Pre test, find out where your students are at now and go from there. Set realistic goals and specific boundaries that your students understand, and remember why you’re there, and if it ain’t workin you change, they’re not gonna! Good Luck. Jeff@jeffslough.com

66. Salary.com Advice My company offered me $40000 a year, but when I do the math based on my paychecks, the amounts don t add up to $40000, but more like $36000. http://www.salary.com/advice/layoutscripts/advl_display.asp?tab=adv&cat=Cat8&ser

67. Salary | Advice | Salary Talk | Paycheck Calculation Back to advice Series Home Will getting paid biweekly instead of hourly hurt My company offered me $40000 a year, but when I do the math based on my http://www.salary.com/advice/layouthtmls/advl_display_Cat8_Ser8_Par25.html

SEARCH Salaries Articles View HR Edition Personal Salary Report My Benefits My Performance ... Self-Test Enter search criteria Help Back to Salary Back to Advice Series Home ... Aggressive Numbers Salary Talk Does your paycheck add up? Do you trust that your employer is dividing your salary into equal payments that total to your salary offer? A reader has questions about the sums she's being paid, checking to make sure her employer is delivering on its promises. Is my company taking the right amount out of my paycheck? Q. I have a weird suspicion that I am not being paid the salary my company offered me last April. My company offered me $40,000 a year, but when I do the math based on my paychecks, the amounts don't add up to $40,000, but more like $36,000. I am paid every second Thursday and before taxes, my paycheck is $1,538.46 (the same every week). Is there a calculation I can use to see if this actually adds up to $40,000 after one year? A.

68. Mathematics Information advice for mathematics Students. How to Learn math and Do Proofs SIAM s WWW Undergraduate Page How to be a Good Graduate Student Advisor http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~neum/math.html

Mathematics Information ``Don't be childlike in matters of understanding. Instead be childlike in matters of evil, but be perfect in understanding.'' (1 Cor. 14:20) This page contains sections on Mathematical Problems Advice for Mathematics Students Jobs and Career Mathematics for Kids ... Other Mathematical Problems The Fields Medal Nobel Prize Winning Mathematicians (These won Nobel prizes in physics, literature, or economics, since there is none for mathematics, but now there is an Abel Prize in Mathematics , starting in 2003) The Mathematical Problems of David Hilbert ``Hilbert's address of 1900 to the International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris is perhaps the most influential speech ever given to mathematicians, given by a mathematician, or given about mathematics... Although almost a century old, Hilbert's address is still important and should be read (at least in part) by anyone interested in pursuing research in mathematics. '' Millenium Prize Problems ``important classic [mathematical] questions that have resisted solution over the years'' Famous (and less famous) Unsolved Problems in Mathematics (from mathworld) Mathematical Problems - Problem Solving collected by Bruno Kevius Fatal Bugs in Numerical Software Advice for Mathematics Students How to Learn Math and Do Proofs SIAM's WWW Undergraduate Page How to be a Good Graduate Student [Advisor] Graduate Students in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual ... A primer on mathematical writing (.ps, by Steven L. Kleiman)

69. Expert Advice: Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D. My fourthgrader, who has ADHD, struggles with math. Is there a disability associated with math computation? http://www.familyeducation.com/experts/advice/0,1183,23-28550,00.html

LD and ADD/ADHD Question and Answer by Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D. Please Read Our Q. My fourth-grader was diagnosed with ADHD in first grade. He struggles greatly with simple math computations and word problems. Is there a disability associated with math computation? No matter how much we help him at home, he still struggles. Should I have him re-tested? A. Kids can have a specific math disability, which is referred to as dyscalculia . It's like dyslexia, but simply means an impairment in the ability to calculate. That means it's not a very specific or very helpful diagnosis. You also say that your son struggles with word problems. You didn't say how his reading was. If he has problem reading storybooks, he's likely to have problems on word problems, even if he understands the math involved. If he reads well, but doesn't process what he reads, he probably has poor comprehension and this applies to those word problems as well. Also, if he has ADHD, he probably has difficulty just focusing on what's important and what's not. He may need a reading teacher, not a math teacher. If you have your son re-tested , ask the evaluator these questions: Does your son have an understanding of numbers and what they represent?

70. Expert Advice: Eileen S. Marzola, Ed.D. My fourthgrader is in danger of failing math. What can I do? advice given here is not intended to provide a basis for action in particular http://www.familyeducation.com/experts/advice/0,1183,23-28888,00.html

LD and ADD/ADHD Question and Answer by Eileen S. Marzola, Ed.D. Please Read Our Q. My fourth-grader is in danger of failing math if she doesn't improve. Her teacher says they covered most of the material last year, but my daughter can't keep up and she has stopped really trying. Staying after school for reading and math hasn't helped. I've tried talking with her, but she seems discouraged. I don't know what else to do. Should I put her in another classroom? A. There are so many different reasons your daughter could be having trouble with her math work in school. Some kids struggle because they don't understand math concepts. They may need more hands-on work with math manipulatives to make the work more understandable. Others have trouble with the memory part of math. They have a hard time remembering their math facts, for example the times tables. They may need to have these facts broken down into smaller chunks (for example, just the 2x table) and practice them a little bit at a time several times a day for them to "stick." Still others get stuck with following the steps required to complete a math problem. They do better if they have a sample of a correctly solved problem in front of them and talk through that solution process before they begin their own work. Start by talking to your child's teacher to see if she can tell you exactly what kind of problem your child is having in math. If the problem is really severe, I would also suggest asking for an evaluation at the school to get more answers about why she is struggling so much. As a parent, you have the right to request this free evaluation. Your daughter may be eligible for some special services to support her in math. You might also want to consider a tutor who can work with her one-on-one. You can ask the school for recommendations, or call one of these parent advocacy groups to see which one has a branch in your community: International Dyslexia Association (1-800-ABCD123 or http://www.interdys.org) or Learning Disabilities Association of America (1-888-300-6710 or http://www.ldanatl.org).

71. *Concerns Of Young Mathematicians* || Advice For Applying To REUs Several students have recently asked me for advice on the essay required for A genuine passion for math, I don t want to use one of my 18 spaces on a http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2005/2/4/121914/8746

The Young Mathematicians' Network Serving the Community of Young Mathematicians Sections: Front Page News Grad Life Undergrad Life ... All Advice for Applying to REUs Undergrad Life By dkung Posted Fri Feb 4th, 2005 at 12:19:14 PDT Several students have recently asked me for advice on the essay required for most REU applications. Here's some advice from some of the people who read those essays. Post a Comment Here's some sage advice about what to put in your essay - from my fellow NExT'ers (with their permission): I have proof read a number of statements of purpose recently, and I found a few occurrences of: Math is good. Math is great. That's why I like math. OK, they were not that bad, and didn't use those words, but they didn't have much more content than that. To combat this, I suggested that the students use very concrete examples of their interests and experiences, so that what they are writing, though it may basically say they like math because math is math, some of their own personality shows through. Some of my students have come from other countries and cultures through various hardships, and I encourage them to write about how they ended up where they are mathematically, academically and otherwise. These essays have ended up the most interesting and memorable to me.

72. Student Advice: Advice Home Page advice to Students. Over the years, I have collected some information that I hope beginning math students, to improve their study and learning habits. http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/courses/advice/welcome.html

Student Advice Advice to Students: Over the years, I have collected some information that I hope will help students, particularly beginning math students, to improve their study and learning habits. An important part of what you learn at college is how to learn, so that you can carry that on for the rest of your life. Find out what works for you and what doesn't. These observations are centered around first-year calculus courses, so not everything may apply to you, but even more advanced students can benefit from some of them. As you develop your own learning habits, please think carefully about the following topics: Hints on Doing Homework Hints on Studying for an Exam Comments on Collaboration On the Process of Learning ... Forwarding your Union Email The writing center has a list of time-management hints that you might find useful. Student Advice web pages Created: 29 Aug 2000 Last modified: Oct 5, 2002 9:51:20 AM Comments to: dpvc@union.edu Hints on Doing Homework Home Page

73. Student Advice: Email Hints I can t figure out how to factor the equation x^3 2x^2 + 1 = 0 Can you give me any advice? HOME, Student advice web pages Created 26 Aug 2000 http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/courses/advice/email.html

Student Advice Email hints: The hardest thing about sending mathematics via email is that mathematics involves lots of notation that is not available on the computer keyboard. We need to establish some conventions to make this easier to do. Here are some ideas that should help: Use " " to represent superscripts, as in " x^2 " for " x squared", and " x^(1/2) " for "the square root of x ". Use parentheses to avoid confusion about what belongs in the power. E.g., " x^(2n)+1 " rather than " x^2n + 1 " since this could be read incorrectly as either " (x^2)n + 1 " or " x^(2n+1) As an alternative to using the 1/2 power, you can use the function " sqrt " for square roots. E.g., sqrt(2) Use " " to represent subscripts, as in " " for " x sub i ". Use parentheses as above to make more complicated subscripts clear. Use spaces around low-precedence operators like addition, subtraction and equals, but not around multiplication and division, as in " " rather than " Use parentheses to make the numerator and denominator clear when you write fractions using " ", as in "

74. ACC Math CPT Assessment Score Advice To use this page, you need your scores on the math test(s) that you took. skill level or that the advice we are giving is not appropriate for you, http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/mparker/advising/cpt1.htm

Austin Community College Mathematics and Developmental Mathematics Interpreting your ACC Assessment (CPT) Test Score taken in January 1998 or before. (Equivalent test scores for the paper-and-pencil test are available The purpose of these Web pages is to enable you to determine appropriate mathematics courses for you. To use this page, you need your scores on the math test(s) that you took. There are three mathematics tests: Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, and College Math. All students should have a score on the middle test - Elementary Algebra. Most of our placement rules use this score. If you feel that your ACC Assessment Test score does not really reflect your current skill level or that the advice we are giving is not appropriate for you, please feel free to talk with an advisor, either in the Advising Center or in the mathematics department. On the Web, you can look at a discussion of what the advisor will explore with you. Elementary Algebra CPT score is 0-31 Course Placement recommendation is Basic Math Skills, MATD 0330, or Prealgebra, MATD 0350, depending on Arithmetic CPT score. Elementary Algebra CPT scores is 32-40 Course placement recommendation is Prealgebra, MATD 0350.

75. ACC Math COMPASS Assessment Score Advice (A 3page summary of math advising on the Web, for those of you who want to skill level or that the advice we are giving is not appropriate for you, http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/mparker/advising/compass1.htm

Austin Community College Mathematics and Developmental Mathematics Interpreting your ACC Assessment Test Score COMPASS Test (A 3-page summary of math advising on the Web, for those of you who want to download or print something to look at later when you don't have Web access.) The purpose of these Web pages is to enable you to determine appropriate mathematics courses for you. Look at your test scores now. They are printed on the score report that you received when you completed the ACC Assessment Test. There are three mathematics tests: Prealgebra, Algebra, and College Algebra. All students should have a score on the middle test - Algebra. Most of our placement rules use this score. If you feel that your ACC Assessment Test score does not really reflect your current skill level or that the advice we are giving is not appropriate for you, please feel free to talk with an advisor, either in the Advising Center or in the mathematics department. On the Web, you can look at a discussion of what the advisor will explore with you. Algebra COMPASS score is 0-25 Course placement recommendation depends on the Prealgebra COMPASS score. The course placement may be Basic Math Skills and Basic Math Skills Lab (MATD 0330 and MATD 0011), Basic Math Skills (MATD 0330), or Elementary Algebra (MATD 0370).

76. More Advice For Undergrads More advice for Undergrads I asked several friends who were professors and/or Empirically, I don t think the difference between math and CS is very http://www.paulgraham.com/undergrad2.html

I asked several friends who were professors and/or eminent hackers what they thought of Undergraduation . Their comments were so good that I thought I'd just give them directly to you. I've given them all codenames for now, since some may want to remain anonymous. NT: The one thing that I felt was missing from your essay was a statement supporting or dispelling the notion that CS is for loners. I disagree with this notion. I love hacking, but I love it even more when it's a shared experience. The hard problems seem just a bit more surmountable when there's two of you. Of course, Fred Brooks's law about adding manpower comes into play eventually. The rule: work in small groups with good people. Stay away from large bureaucratic organizations where status reports are more important than thinking outside the box. There are many individual aspects to CS, just like art. But, being an individual doesn't mean that the machine takes the place of good friends, colleagues, and mentors. TO: I think you should say "College is where faking starts to stop working."

77. Placement Advice For Mathematics mathematics placement advice for students new to RutgersNew Brunswick The prerequisite for math 025 is a placement of EAL (Elementary Algebra) on the http://www.math.rutgers.edu/placement.html

Mathematics placement advice for students new to Rutgers-New Brunswick E-credit courses Liberal Arts math courses Precalculus courses Calculus courses ... Differential equations The placement process Most students entering Rutgers-NB are required to take the Rutgers Placement Test in Mathematics. This test determines readiness for the mathematics courses offered by the Rutgers-NB Mathematics Department. Exceptions to this rule are students presenting 4 or 5 on AP Calculus exams or certain transfer students. Transfer students who have passed with a grade of C or better either a Rutgers-NB math course equivalent or an approved course at the level of first semester calculus at another post-secondary institution are exempted from taking the math placement test. Approval can be given by the Head Mathematics Advisor (call 732-445-2390 for information). Students may not enroll in any mathematics course for which they have not met the prerequisites either by placing into the course by placement test , passing the prerequisite course at Rutgers-NB, or getting a C or better in a Rutgers-NB-approved equivalent prerequisite course at another college. Students scoring 4 or 5 on the AB AP Calculus exam may receive credit for first semester calculus and may begin with second semester calculus. Students scoring 4 or 5 on the BC AP Calculus exam may receive credit for the first two semesters of calculus and may begin with third semester calculus and/or linear algebra. While almost all mathematics placement advice needed by students new to Rutgers-NB is contained in this document, information regarding special circumstances may be obtained by consulting the Undergraduate Mathematics office by calling (732-445-2390) or by sending email to

78. Rutgers University Mathematics Department math Placement advice Transfer Credit Special Permission Course Materials Courses Schedules Careers in math Gelfand Corresp. Program http://www.math.rutgers.edu/

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79. C.S.U.S. Math Department - Advise For Students The math Society (math Club) meets weekly during each semester—every It is a good place to find commiseration, and advice about courses and instructors. http://www.csus.edu/math/students/advice.htm

math home Advice for Students Introduction Math Careers Which Option in the Major? Which of the five areas (teaching, grad school, engineering, computer science, and statistics) you choose might help determine the option in the mathematics major that suits you best. Secondary teachers would probably want the single subject waiver program; those interested in grad school would probably choose the pure major (maybe not if they already know the area of mathematics they want to emphasize in grad school); those interested in engineering would probably want the emphasis in applied mathematics and statistics; those interested in computer science would probably choose the double major in math and computer science or the emphasis in applied math and statistics; those interested in statistics would probably want the emphasis in applied math and statistics. Advising Advisors are faculty members who are knowledgeable about the program you have chosen in mathematics. It is important that you pay your advisor a visit during your first semester at CSUS, if only to make contact. It is a good idea to see your advisor frequently, for help in planning your schedule, career planning, or for other advice. It is very important that you see your advisor when you plan your upper division coursework, as there are many decisions that your advisor can help you with that are not obvious from reading the catalog (e.g., which courses take a great time commitment, which courses are better in your senior year, etc.). If you decide to change major advisors, simply get the OK from your new advisor and tell the department office about your desire to change.

80. Job Interview Advice Hunting for a Job in math Academia Job Interview advice During the 9697 academic year I finished my Ph.D. in math. At the same time, I was applying http://www.merrimack.edu/~thull/job/jobint.html

Hunting for a Job in Math Academia: Job Interview Advice This page was last updated (slightly) on 9/3/2004. Addendum: The academic job market in mathematics has been fluxuating in recent years. For example, in 96-97 I think there were only about 50-60 employers interviewing at the AMS/MAA Joint Meetings. At the 2001 Joint Meetings there were something like 150. More recently the number has gone down again. Thus, the advice here might not be entirely applicable, and those on the market should gather data (like how many employers there are interviewing at the Joint Meetings this year) to get some kind of idea about how tight or loose the job market is. Then one can modify any advice (like this web page) accordingly. For example, if there seem to be a larger number of jobs this year, and if you get a job offer early (say, in early February), then there's a very good chance that you'll get other offers later. Thus, you might want to only take the early job offer if you think the school is a good fit for you. In any case, be aware that the following "advice" was written in 1997, when the job market was pretty bad. During the 96-97 academic year I finished my Ph.D. in math. At the same time, I was applying for jobs in academia. The whole job application process is enormously intense, especially with the job market so tight. If you're about to undertake it, there's lots to learn. If you've recently gone through it, there's lot of advice that can be shared.

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