Teaching Quantum Mechanics with MATLAB
Paul Kassebaum, MathWorks
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EXPERIMENTAL MATH & EDUCATION
Victor Padron, Normandale Community College
Victor Padron, Mathematics, Normandale Community College "Mathematics does not grow through a monotonous increase of the number of indubitably established theorems but through the incessant improvement of ...

Advancing the neuroscience curricula, a computational thinking approach.
Daniel Zysman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Zysman, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology We often hear that the brain is a marvelous and impressive computational device. Most of the current research efforts in the field ...

Lack of computation in introductory geoscience courses
Aida Farough
Aida Farough, Manhattan, Kansas State University Many aspects of Geosciences are dependent on computational modeling, mantle dynamics on Earth and other planets, deep ocean hydrothermal circulation, and climate ...

Motivating undergraduates in the geosciences to learn programming
Alain Plattner, California State University-Fresno
Alain Plattner, Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University-Fresno Learning to write simple computer programs can have tremendous effects on students in the geosciences. Besides training their ...

"Into MATLAB" - A series of video lectures accompanying "From Zero to Matlab in ..."
Frederik J Simons, Princeton University
Frederik J Simons, Geosciences, Princeton University A while ago I started dreaming of producing a series of video lectures in the style of the YouTube sensations "MinutePhysics" (often about a minute ...

Using computation to understand statistics through climatology
Janel Hanrahan, Lyndon State College
Janel Hanrahan, Atmospheric Sciences, Lyndon State College Put simply, climate is the statistics of weather. To gain a true understanding of climate science, students must therefore have a sound understanding of ...

Goals for teaching numerical integration in Calculus or Differential Equations Courses
Alanna Hoyer-Leitzel, Mount Holyoke College
Alanna Hoyer-Leitzel, Mathematics and Statistics, Mount Holyoke College There's a joke about mathematicians where the punch line involves a mathematician in a room with a burning fire, a sink and a bucket. ...

The importance of programming skills in achieving biomedical solutions in the modern world
Manuel Hernandez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Manuel Hernandez, Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign As globalization continues to flatten our world, challenges and opportunities increasingly operate in a broader ...

The impact of computation in the classroom on independent research experiences.
Michele McColgan, Siena College
Michele McColgan, Physics and Astronomy, Siena College As more students are considering entering the STEM field, they are entering STEM classes with a broad range of preparation. Unfortunately, many students do ...