Challenges of starting on the computer directly part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
Alexandre Martinez, Civil Engineering, University of California-Irvine One challenges that I faced was that the students try to code directly on the computer with first thinking about what they need and they often ...

Teaching a Computational Course to Students with Diverse Science Backgrounds part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Gordana Garapic, SUNY College at New Paltz
Gordana Garapic, Geology, SUNY New Paltz Geology majors take the introduction to geophysics predominantly in their senior year. In addition, about a third of the students are engineering or physics majors. The ...

Matlab as a tool for quantitative calculations in geoscience part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Don Baker, McGill University
Don Baker, Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University I teach 1st year, 1st semester students in our 3-year undergraduate programs in geology, planetary sciences, and Earth system science their introductory ...

Lack of computation in introductory geoscience courses part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
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 ...

"Into Matlab" - A series of video lectures accompanying "From Zero to Matlab in ..." part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
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 ...

Inquiry Based Pedagogy for Computational Surfaces in Geoscience part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Risa Madoff, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
Risa Madoff, Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota-Main Campus Several occurrences have awoken me to the kinds of barriers to teaching computational thinking as well as to the needs that ...

Teaching and integrating computation in graduate research part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Michael Cardiff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michael Cardiff, Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison As a hydrogeologist, I consider myself one part geologist and one part engineer. Hydrogeologists – like other geologists – must have the practical ...

Using numerical models to experiment with earth and environmental systems part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University
Phillip G. Resor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University One of the challenges of earth and environmental sciences is that the physical and temporal scales of the systems often ...

"Into MATLAB" - A series of video lectures accompanying "From Zero to Matlab in ..." part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
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 ...