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 ...

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 ...

Student Self-Assessments in a Computational Data Analysis Course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Michelle Isenhour, Naval Postgraduate School
Michelle Isenhour, Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School I teach basic (undergraduate) statistics and data analysis to students at the graduate level. The purpose of my course is to prepare students for ...

Using Matlab in Applied Math Courses part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Melisa Hendrata, California State University-Los Angeles
Melisa Hendrata, Mathematics, California State University-Los Angeles Drawing from my own experience in academia and also those of my former students who are able to enter the industry, computational skill is one ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Programming Induced) Fear and Loathing in Lost Students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Matthew Leineweber, San Jose State University
Matthew Joseph Leineweber, Biomedical Engineering, San Jose State University (Programming-Induced) Fear and Loathing in Lost Students As an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering, I developed a theory: as ...

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 ...

Challenges with teaching computation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Babasola Ogunsanya, Montgomery College
Babasola Ogunsanya, Mathematics, Montgomery College According to Mathworld (2019) computation can be defined as an operation that begins with some initial conditions and gives an output which follows from a ...

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 ...