Increasing College & Career
Readiness in Future STEM
Workers

• Course description and content developed by VaDOE
( http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/ mathematics/capstone_course/index.shtml
)
• Designed for high school seniors
– College-intending, but not college-ready
– Are preparing for work-force training
– Have completed required SOL-based courses

• Augment skills in applied mathematical concepts through investigation
• Build and reinforce workplace and college readiness skills and dispositions
• Problem-solving and decision-making in real-world contexts
• Inquiry-based learning

• Bank of tasks, problems, and projects developed by U.Va. And Radford
( https://sites.
google.com/site/mathematicscapstonecourseunits/home )
• Team of teachers evaluating and selecting learning activities for 2014/15 offering
• Will incorporate dual-enrollment credit for
VCCS orientation course, SDV 100

• How does the speed you travel affect the fuel economy of your vehicle?
• Explore linear equations and inequalities in the context of fuel efficiency & inventory purchasing decisions for a car dealership
• Teamwork, presentation, writing

Dr. Jodie A. Miller
Associate Professor, Mathematics
John Tyler Community College