Helping psychology students embrace computational thinking part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Adam Steiner, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Adam Steiner, Psychology, Minnesota State University-Mankato Prior to graduate school, my experiences with programming were limited to a few problems in computational physics. Once I began graduate school in ...

The Role of Computation in 21st Century part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Today, perhaps the most desired skill required is computation. We see the application of computation in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer aided drug design, financial models, earth observations, ...

Baby-Steps Bring More Computation (or at least "math") into Biology and more Biology into Math part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Anne Walter, Saint Olaf College
Anne Walter, , Saint Olaf College A number of us at St. Olaf have been saying for years that mathematical prowess and tools are needed for successful biological research and understanding and that conversely more ...

Helping students tinker with the black box part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Benjamin Bratton, Vanderbilt University
Benjamin Bratton, Molecular Biology, Princeton University The increasingly quantitative and interdisciplinary nature of biological research has led us to add a BioMath Bootcamp summer course for graduate students ...

The importance of programming skills in achieving biomedical solutions in the modern world part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
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 ...

Integrative Biomathematical Learning Alliance Across Academic Departments part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Gregory Goins, North Carolina A & T State University
Gregory D. Goins, , North Carolina A & T State University Across the nation, many generalized programs have focused on retention of minority students in the sciences with varying degrees of success. ...

CREATING CORE COURSE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PATHWAYS VIA MATLAB SIMBIOLOGY part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Princess Imoukhuede, Washington University in St. Louis
Princess Imoukhuede, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign BACKGROUND University of Illinois (UIUC) lags in undergraduate research. Undergraduate research participation at the UIUC is low ...

Garbage Out? Verification of Reliable Computations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Wendy Thomas, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
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 ...

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, Vanderbilt University
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, California State University-Sacramento
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 ...