Computation in Civil Engineering
Julie Fogarty, California State University-Sacramento
An academic essay page from a 2018 MATLAB workshop discusses integrating computational methods into civil engineering education, detailing how students use MATLAB to implement structural analysis techniques like the direct stiffness and finite element methods, bridging theoretical knowledge with practical software skills while addressing challenges in modeling and result interpretation. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

The programming bump in the night, what are we afraid of?
Jeremy Deans, University of Southern Mississippi
An educational essay page from the SERC Pedagogic Service discussing strategies for overcoming student anxiety around programming and mathematics in geoscience education, emphasizing the importance of integrating computational tools like MATLAB to build student confidence and competence through practical application, supportive teaching methods, and iterative practice across the curriculum. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Specifications-Based Grading for Assessing Student Learning
Kristi Closser, California State University-Fresno
This webpage is an academic essay from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop hosted by SERC, detailing a faculty member's implementation of specifications-based (mastery) grading in chemistry courses, emphasizing its benefits for student learning, reduced anxiety, improved office hour engagement, and applicability to computation-focused classes through structured reassessment, EMRN rubrics, and incentive-based retake systems. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Troubleshooting mathematical instruction that includes computation
Morgan Fonley, Alma College
This essay page from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop explores challenges in integrating computation into undergraduate mathematics instruction, emphasizing student variability in computational background, ineffective group dynamics, and the need for better scaffolding, troubleshooting strategies, and textbooks that support computational learning across course levels. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Coding is Thinking
Heather Whitney, Wheaton College (IL)
This educational essay page from a MATLAB workshop discusses how coding fosters critical thinking in physics education, emphasizing iterative development, problem-solving, and modeling in undergraduate courses, while advocating for teaching strategies that normalize debugging and collaborative coding. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Use of Matlab to reinforce concepts of Compton effect
Eric Ehler, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Educational essay page from a MATLAB workshop that details a teaching project using MATLAB to help students understand the Compton effect and Klein-Nishina cross section through computational visualization and validation of differential cross sections in radiologic physics. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Never Too Late: Developing Quantitative Thinking Skills in an Upper-Division Biology Course
Michael Wright, California State University-Sacramento
An essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series presents a biology educator's pedagogical approach to fostering quantitative thinking in upper-division students by de-emphasizing mathematical formalism initially, using conceptual grounding—such as forces in the Nernst Equation—to build intuition before introducing equations, thereby increasing student confidence in applying quantitative reasoning to biological problems. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

The importance of programming skills in improving health across the lifespan
Manuel Hernandez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Academic essay page from the "Teaching Computation with MATLAB" workshop series discussing how programming and computational skills are essential for addressing complex health challenges, fostering interdisciplinary innovation in biomedical engineering, allied health, and medicine, and preparing students to improve health outcomes across the lifespan through real-world problem-solving and data-driven approaches. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Using Matlab in Applied Math Courses
Melisa Hendrata, California State University-Los Angeles
An essay page from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop hosted by SERC, discussing the integration of MATLAB into applied mathematics courses to enhance computational skills, addressing student challenges, pedagogical strategies, and advocating for early exposure to programming in academic curricula. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Challenges of starting on the computer directly
Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
This essay page from the 2018 Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop discusses the pedagogical challenge of students coding directly without prior planning, advocating for the use of pseudocode and modular functions to improve algorithmic thinking and code efficiency in civil engineering education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.