Using MATLAB to Enrich Elementary Linear Algebra Course
Sandra Fital-Akelbek, Weber State University
This essay page from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop explores integrating MATLAB into elementary linear algebra instruction to enhance computational understanding, support discovery-based learning of matrix properties, verify solutions (e.g., eigenvalues, diagonalization), and visualize concepts, while addressing implementation challenges like student onboarding and resource access. 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.

Scientific Computation and Preparedness for Undergraduate Research
Jeremy Loebach, St Olaf College
This is an essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series hosted by SERC, detailing Jeremy Loebach’s experience integrating scientific computation—particularly MATLAB—into undergraduate research preparation in psychology, emphasizing incremental, context-based learning strategies, student preparedness challenges, and equity in research opportunities. 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
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.

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 success of implementing a MATLAB project in a Medical Physics course
David Sterling, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
An educational essay page detailing the successful integration of MATLAB computational projects in a Medical Physics course, emphasizing improved student understanding, engagement strategies, challenges in teaching programming to beginners, and positive student feedback, authored by David Sterling from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities as part of the 2018 Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop. 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.

Students are not unit tests: providing assessment that is fair across students with different types of skills
Benjamin Bratton, Vanderbilt University
An educational essay page from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop series discussing challenges in fairly assessing students' computational skills within interdisciplinary science courses, emphasizing non-boolean evaluation methods, partial credit strategies, collaborative problem-solving, and institutional constraints on in-class computational assessment. 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.

MATLAB as a Tool for Teaching and Learning of High Performance Computing Applications
Sani Abba, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
This webpage is an academic essay from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series, detailing the use of MATLAB as an instructional tool for teaching high-performance computing applications in engineering and computer science education, emphasizing pedagogical strategies, student challenges, and real-world problem-solving. 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.

Developmentally Appropriate Numerical Analysis for Engineers?
Eugene Mahmoud, Mt San Antonio College
This essay page from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop explores developmentally appropriate numerical analysis education for lower-division engineering students, emphasizing project-based, interdisciplinary MATLAB instruction that accommodates diverse academic backgrounds and fosters computational thinking through real-world modeling, collaborative problem-solving, and scaffolded assessment. 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.

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.