Virtual Pendulum Experiments & Mechanical Oscillations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Activities
The pendulum motion is one of the first encounters with the concept of a harmonic oscillator. This activity seeks to complement a traditional, rigorous, theoretical approach with a rigorous numerical model. It ...

Teaching Programming to Reluctant Students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Essays
Jeremy A Riousset, APSS, Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne I usually introduce my teaching philosophy on the first day of class via the following phrase: Science has not changed as much as the tools to ...

Creating a new MATLAB course for freshmen students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Essays
Jea Joseph, Math and Computer Science, Oakwood University This Spring, I have been tasked with offering a new course to all freshmen STEM majors to introduce them to MATLAB to use in future mathematics and ...

Getting Started With Computation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Essays
Rick Downs, Mathematics, South Seattle College Getting Started With ComputationIn the past, every time I have taught a class in Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, or Calculus I, II, III, and IV, I have given ...

Integrating Research into Numerical Modeling Classes part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop October 2021:Essays
Marc Hesse, Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin When I took over our departments class numerical modeling for upper division geophysics students, I decided to center the class around and ongoing ...