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MATLAB is an "easy programming" tool to each engineering discipline part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Yevgeny Gayev, National aviation university
Yevgeny Gayev, Aerospace Control Systems Department, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine I am an insistent propagator of active methods in teaching of everything. Of course, in teaching Physics but also in ...

Subject: Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics

When will I ever use this? part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Ivette Chuca, El Paso Community College
IVETTE CHUCA, Mathematics, El Paso Community College "When will I ever use this", is a questions asked by many student. This question occurs frequently and can either encourage or discourage a student ...

Subject: Mathematics

Overcoming Challenges in Teaching Computation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Sayonita Ghosh Hajra, California State University-Sacramento
Sayonita Ghosh Hajra, Mathematics and Statistics, California State University-Sacramento One of the biggest challenges in teaching multi-variable calculus is the visualization of 3D spaces. In single-variable ...

Subject: Mathematics

Teaching MATLAB in Numerical Analysis for Beginner Users part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Mahmud Akelbek, Weber State University
Mahmud Akelbek, Weber State University Numerical Analysis (MATH 4610) at Weber State University is a three credit course. Most of the students who took the course are math major students. There are also double ...

Subject: Mathematics

Meaningful Engagement and Assessment of Technology: Balancing Scaffolding and Discovery part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Catherine Buell, Fitchburg State University
Catherine Buell, Mathematics, Fitchburg State University Often in mathematics courses, computational skills are attached to advanced Calculus ideas, Linear Algebraic techniques, or statistical software. Sometimes ...

Subject: Mathematics

Solving Problems You Thought Were Unsolvable part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Eric Choate, Radford University
Eric Choate, Mathematics and Statistics, Radford University We require the majors in our Applied Mathematics concentration to take a two-semester sequence in Numerical Analysis. It features numerical methods for ...

Subject: Mathematics

Vectorized thinking! Teaching efficient programming in MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Matin Rahnamay Naeini, University of California-Irvine
Matin Rahnamay Naeini, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Irvine My exposure to computer programming started at high school, where I learned about the basic concepts of programming in ...

Subject: Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Environmental Science

Experimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Namyong Lee, Mathematics, Minnesota State University, Mankato Experimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University, Mankato Why Experimental Mathematics? ...

Subject: Mathematics

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, ...

Subject: Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Health Sciences, Biology

MATLAB' "easy programming" for discipline "Information Processes and Coding" part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Yevgeny Gayev, National aviation university
Yevgeny Gayev, Aerospace Control Systems Department, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine Being familiar with MATLAB (see my Essay1) allows to educator realize pedagogical approach of "own ...

Subject: Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics