Essays
A collection of essays submitted by participants in the Teaching Computation Using MATLAB workshops.
« Back to Teaching Computation in the Sciences Submit an essay
Subject Show all
Mathematics
28 matchesResults 1 - 10 of 28 matches
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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? ...
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, ...
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 ...