Garbage Out? Verification of Reliable Computations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Wendy Thomas, Bioengineering, University of Washington-Seattle Campus What is Verification? When we or our students use a computer to solve a mathematical problem in our class or research, how do we know if the ...

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 ...

Data Science for Biologists part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Course Descriptions
The primary goal for this course will be to teach data science techniques to upper division biology students. Students will learn how to work with data originating from different fields within Biology.

Students are not unit tests: providing assessment that is fair across students with different types of skills part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Benjamin Bratton, Molecular Biology, Princeton University My main instructional responsibility is in helping teach a course called "Integrated Science Curriculum" a transdisciplinary approach to teaching ...

Never Too Late: Developing Quantitative Thinking Skills in an Upper-Division Biology Course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Michael Wright, Biological Sciences, California State University-Sacramento "I am not a math person" is a common refrain from students in my upper-division Systemic Physiology course. This course draws ...

"The Gentle Art of Data Science:" Increasing comfort with computation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Andrew Fischer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania The extraction and interpretation of information from vast quantities of data is now a fundamental part of advanced inquiry across ...

More content and less time: Opportunities and challenges for interdisciplinary marine science students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Andrew Fischer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Today's undergraduates in marine science have been presented with tremendous opportunities, yet are confronted with many ...

Advancing the neuroscience curricula, a computational thinking approach. part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
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 ...

Workshop: Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016
October 23-25, 2016 Carleton College, Northfield, MN Note: this workshop has already taken place. Read the workshop synthesis for a summary of key ideas and see the workshop outcomes for materials developed in ...

Application Programming for Biomedical Engineers part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching Materials:Course Descriptions
The course aim is for the student to obtain a high-level proficiency in both the MATLAB® computing environment and MATLAB® programming. Because MATLAB® is used extensively in many BMEN courses, the expectation ...