Math Career Simulation Activity

Robb Sinn

North Georgia College & State University

Email: rsinn@ngcsu.edu Web Page: radar.ngcsu.edu/~rsinn

Details and Grading Rubrics for Simulation Tasks

Students earn scholarship points by completing tasks in three categories: research, service and teaching. The student’s evaluation score will be 40% research, 30% teaching and 30% service. After two simulated years, a vita will be presented for pre-tenure review. This evaluation will inform faculty of their progress toward promotion and tenure. To achieve tenure, at least 600 scholarship points must be earned (725 for graduate students, 475 for non-math majors). This would guarantee a faculty member of achieving tenure during promotion and tenure review and would result in at least a score of 84% for the mathematics career simulation portion of the Math 3590 grade. These general categories of scholarship will earn grades as follows:

Promotion & Tenure Award	Course Grade
Tenure Awarded & Promoted to Rank of Full Professor	92 – 100%
Tenure Awarded & Promoted to Rank of Associate Professor	84 – 92%
Not Tenured but Promoted to Rank of Associate Professor	76 – 84%
Not Tenured & Not Promoted – Retain Rank of Asst. Professor	68 – 76%
Dismissed from university faculty	Less than 68%

Earning Scholarship Points	Max Possible Points
	R	S	T
Published, peer-reviewed journal article	200
Conference presentation	25		100
Invited address	75		100
Journal editor	125	125
Conference organizer		150
Peer reviewer for journal article		40
Library resource gathering (articles, websites, texts)		20
Professional workshops conducted			50

Research Article Rubric – 50 Points
Category	Points Awarded			Comments
	0	20	30
Status Awarded	Article rejected by journal editor	Article awarded “revise and resubmit” status initially, then published	Article awarded “accept with revisions” status and published
Depth of Insight	Writing demonstrates a profound understanding of concepts and why they are true and important.		0 – 6 Pts
Breadth of Insight	Writing demonstrates an understanding of how topic connects to other mathematics topics or consequences that extend to other disciplines or real-world phenomena.		0 – 6 Pts
Verification & Proof	Mathematical arguments are clean, precise and demonstrably true and correct; they utilize established techniques of proof and/or verification.		0 – 8 Pts
Multipliers	Level of Scholarship 1 2 3
Total Points Earned

Research Article Multiplier Table
Category	Description	Multiplier
Level 1	Described a method for solving a class of problems and demonstrated why proposed solution is valid. Problem class solved is important to course objectives.	1
Level 2	Proved a major result from game theory, provided a counterexample to a conjecture, posed an interesting game or example worthy of consideration by other researchers.	2
Level 3	Prove or verified an especially important or difficult result, provided an especially exquisite game for other faculty to study.	3

Conference Presentation Rubric – 20 Points
Category	Points Awarded			Comments
	0 – 1	2 – 3	4 – 5
Teaching Communication & Clarity	Difficult to understand or hard to follow	Well understood only by certain groups or levels	Easily understood by an audience with a wide range of mathematics ability
Teaching Precision	Several mathematics errors	Very few mathematics errors	No mathematics errors
Mathematics Proof & Accuracy	One or more logic flaws – argument not valid	Minor errors or missed steps – no logic flaws	Complete demonstration, verification or proof
Mathematics Explanation	Lacking necessary pedagogical skill	Good pedagogical skill demonstrated	Truly exceptional pedagogical skill demonstrated
Total Points Earned

After the final presentation total is awarded, 20% of this total will be added to presenter’s research points. Invited addresses will add an additional 50 points to the presenter’s research points regardless of total points awarded.

Oral Presentation Multiplier Table
Category	Description	Multiplier
Level 1	Solved a routine HW problem.	1
Level 2	Solved a class of HW problems and demonstrated solution method effectively enough for unit learning to occur.	2
Level 3	Solved an especially important, especially difficulty or especially large class of HW problems and demonstrated solution method effectively enough for unit learning to occur.	3
Additional Multiplier Units
Mathematics Connection	Problem or class of problems is connected well to other game theory ideas in this course.	+1
Beyond Mathematics Connection	Problem or class of problems is connected to other disciplines such as military, biology, economics, sports, social studies or some other real world problem or phenomenon.	+1
Invited Address	When a peer-reviewed journal article is of the highest quality, the author of the paper is often asked to give a presentation about it. This “invited address” status is similar to a prestigious keynote address.	+50 Pts
Note: Our textbook has applications and connections listed for most problem types. No connection multipliers will be given unless additional connections and/or applications are described in the presentation.
Total Points Awarded