Using Mastery Learning Ideas to Assess Student Work part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Thomas Kelley, Northeastern University
Thomas Kelley, Physics, Northeastern University Using Mastery Learning Ideas to Assess Student Work Assessing the skills of my students is the hardest part of teaching coding and/or programming. Assessing a ...

Introduction to MATLAB in Geosciences: avoiding computing frustration is key to a happy coder part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Robert Moucha, Syracuse University
Robert Moucha, Syracuse University As an Earth science teacher, I like to connect with the students to draw on their own experiences; naturally, the paradigm of Earth science is established through "real ...

Developing data literacy and problem solving in first year engineering students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Dan Burleson, University of Houston-University Park
Dan Burleson, College of Engineering, University of Houston Computation is fundamental. It is the basis for understanding and apply knowledge to real world problem. By emphasizing computation in a first year ...

Learning effective ways to include computations in teaching part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Nimish Pujara, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nimish Pujara, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Berkeley I have found MATLAB computation an invaluable research tool in analyzing data and creating simple models. For students learning ...

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 ...

Scientific computing and the student scientist part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
James Conder, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
James Conder, Geology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale As a scientist, few skills like scientific computing have given as great of dividends. In my 20-year publication history, there is not a single one ...

Using MATLAB in an introduction to programming undergraduate course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Donna Gavin, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Donna Gavin, Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Platteville For most students without any programming experience, taking a required computer programming class to fulfill a ...

Teaching with My Matlab Based Interactive Learning System part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Ben Luce, Lyndon State College
Ben Luce, Lyndon State College I personally used Matlab during 28 years of physics research before beginning a teaching career, and I believe thoroughly in empowering students with computational skills and tools ...

Using and Learning Matlab in Geomorphology of Rivers: Experiences with Advanced Students and Research part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Andrew Darling, Colorado State University
Andrew Darling, Geosciences, Colorado State University The situation in which I think about teaching computation in science classes parallels the teaching activity I have uploaded. As is often the case, relatively ...

The dynamical nature of Nature part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Sean Bartz, Indiana State University
Sean Bartz, Physics, Macalester College There are a variety of very strong arguments for teaching computation as part of the undergraduate physics curriculum. Students are likely to need computation in any future ...