Mathmatics in the Apprencticeship Programs of the Construction Industry

Abstract

One of the requirements for graduation from high school in Hawaii is a minimum of one credit in mathematics. While the author was student teaching, many of her students were prone to question the mathematics requirement, especially when the were non -college bound students. To many of them, the rationale regarding the one credit mathematics require­ ment seemed vague. Many students failed to see the relevance of taking mathematics in high school, for they could not see its applicability to their life after high school graduation.