Math In Your Career: Becoming A National Aid Worker

It is critically important to me that I choose a career path in which I can derive personal satisfaction as well as contribute to the greater good of society at large. Those who succeed at their professional do so not only because they are good but also because they have a passion for what they do and they understand how their work is important in the big picture. Serving the needs of patients and healthcare providers as a medical biller, doing my job effectively and with accuracy is exactly how I intent to use the skills, tools and information acquired during my studies to benefit society.

Choosing a career that you will have for the rest of your life is a challenge. But if you go for something you, love you will find happiness. In order to become anything in life there are levels of schooling and training you must go through. Which this paper is going to help give a better understanding of the career I am working towards. Along with informing of equity issues, steps towards achieving this career, and many more important factors.

Another idea to improve mathematics performance in elementary level is to encourage the student to link the existing knowledge and the new knowledge effectively while working math problems/examples. A worked example is “a step-by-step demonstration of how to perform a problem” (Clark, Nguyen, & Sweller, 2006, p. 190). This will prepare the students for similar problems in the future as they bridge the connection between the problems and the examples. In many cases, students are encouraged to link the informal ideas with the formal mathematics ideas that are presented by the teacher to be able to solve problems. When students examine their own ideas, they are encouraged to build functional understanding through interaction in the classroom. When students share among themselves on differences and similarities in arithmetic procedures, they construct the relationship between themselves hence making it the foundation for achieving better grades in mathematics. Teachers can also encourage students to learn concepts and skills by solving problems (Mitchell et al 2000). Students do perform successfully after they acquire good conceptual understanding because they develop skills and procedures, which are necessary for their better performance. However, slow learning students should engage in more practice

There are three main focuses to engage children in discussion small group, large group, and pairing. Mr. Reinhart wants the student to be responsible for their own understanding of math, as well as why the math is important to the student. Allowing students to process what they are learning is the most important part of understanding. “Increasing wait time to five seconds or longer can result in more and better response” (Reinhart, 2000). Another important concept that Mr. Reinhart mentioned in the article is “Be nonjudgmental about a response or comment” (Reinhart, 2000). Encouragement is the key in making students feel successful and allowing students to listen to their peers and respect differences in learning

As an undergraduate student at Claremont McKenna College, I was on the hunt for a career field that provided the perfect fit. Despite my love of mathematics since middle school, it never occurred to me to study anything quantitative. Being a first-generation college student, I had parents who knew of only two career fields worthy of my future: medicine

In my choice of majoring in the field of nursing I have come across multiple opinions and different views on my decision. I have not had a family member, friend, or acquaintance tell me that I have chosen wrong but I have been questioned on why I didn’t choose accounting like the rest of my family. My answer exactly, “I have a desire to seek out and help those around me.” I’ve always told myself and others that my future career would be something that was different every day. A registered nurse earns a yearly salary of $60,000 or higher. Nursing is a career that will always be necessary and important to have in the work industry, the world will always need another nurse. I chose the field of nursing simply because I have always had a

While observing Mrs. Henderson’s classroom, I noticed that she used an approach that most teachers don’t. When I asked Mrs. Henderson why she chose this approach she told me that originally she was supposed to teach 3rd and 4th grade math at the same time. When the plan changed from her doing 3rd and 4th to just 3rd she decided to continue with her plan on using guided math. While doing guided math, students are working on math problems they learned in the lesson before and working on increasing on their basic knowledge of math facts.

There came a time in the midst of high school that I decided to start exploring careers. As I scrolled through the many jobs listed on my school’s “career finder” application, some things became easy to cross out. Finance, law, architecture, and the like had never interested me enough as careers. However, I easily became curious about jobs in science, public policy, education, health, and human services. As a 15-year-old, I tended to have a wide variety of interests and still do. However, there’s nothing I’m as passionate about, and I find as satisfying as being able to care and educate others. While working as a cashier at The Family Pharmacy in my hometown, I have learned more not only about the ethics and science of pharmaceuticals but also on the compassion, humanity, and

I helped students who were struggling in geometry, by sitting down with them and reteaching different lessons that they were struggling with. I would explain it and have them do different examples to try it until they could do and understand it.

First, Ms. Shepard keeps the lessons relevant by both helping students see connections between mathematical concepts and students’ lives and allowing material from other classes to be imbued into her lessons, such as the English discussion terms she borrowed from Ms. Davis in order to facilitate her class discussions, as well. Second, she utilizes hands-on group work often, as a substitute for lecture. In fact, Ms. Shepard never used a traditional lecture in her class. Instead, she relied on student inquiry and questions; whenever a lesson goal was reached she would conduct a group reflection. This format for class is inherently best practice since it utilizes student-driven ideals as its foundation. Additionally, the overall emphasis on a routine of writing-to-learn, modeling, and empowering hands-on work was all exemplifying best

A final perk of this job is that there will always be a need for it in society, so after all the years of schooling, you are on a steady set path.

One of the main points of this lecture is the futility of earning a college degree simply as a way to earn money. Watts speaks of a situation involving recently graduated students who come to him for career advice, during a time when he worked as a vocational counselor.

“When Will I Ever Use This?” is an article that takes the words right from the mouth of most students. Andrea Christie brings to light the same question that all students ask themselves from early math years all the way till graduation. This article discusses how educators can steer students in the right direction with just a little more explanation. She explains how teachers need to engage the students more and illuminate to them the different possibilities of future career goals and how math plays a valid role. She expresses how The Mathematical Association of America has published various profiles of career professionals and how math pertains to what they chose to do. The articles give a little background information of the individual, how

I would like to be a(n) engineer as my future career, I will use math in everyday life when having to design things such as cars and its parts. Engineering requires a lot of math to design the parts of the thing they are working on.

Many influences can draw a person to choose a pathway to their career. Three research articles are reviewed and will be discussed. The main points that are reviewed in all of the articles is altruism, the concern for the welfare of others, the ability to work with others, ability to travel, salary, knowing someone who is a nurse, career with many opportunities, job satisfaction and stability. Of the interviewed nursing students and registered nurses, job satisfaction was correlated with the interesting work an individual can do employed as a registered nurse. Some factors that were further examined did not have a strong impact on the decision of becoming a nurse but is still significant. For instance, working in health is a factor that persuaded some students to choose nursing. These individuals had the idea of working in healthcare but decided to study nursing to see their options. Another factor that is not as common is to study nursing based on a friend’s decision (Wilkes et al, 2014). Many of the study subjects also found that nursing is a rewarding career because it gives you a sense of purpose and allows you to make a difference in someone’s life. In other cases, nursing may be used as a stepping stone into another career like medicine, physiotherapy, or occupational therapy (Eley et al, 2012). On the other hand, certain individuals have always aspired to become a nurse. Other important factors include being a part of a team, a recommendation from someone, not being