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.

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.

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.

Teaching Computational Physics to upper level undergraduates
Ali Tabei, University of Northern Iowa
This webpage is an academic essay detailing a computational physics course for upper-division undergraduates, focusing on MATLAB-based instruction, project-based learning, pedagogical strategies like cooperative learning and peer review, curriculum design, assessment methods, and integration of real-world research problems in physics 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.

Using MATLAB as an Exploration Tool in Numerical Analysis
Joan Weiss, Fairfield University
This essay page from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop explores integrating MATLAB as an investigative and pedagogical tool in numerical analysis education, emphasizing its role in helping students analyze algorithm performance, visualize mathematical concepts, and develop computational thinking through exploratory scripting rather than manual coding of algorithms. 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.

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.

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.

Computation and Assessment
Michael Groves, California State University-Fullerton
This essay page from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop discusses integrating computational methods into chemistry education, focusing on challenges in teaching and assessing computational skills in quantum mechanics and thermodynamics, strategies for classroom implementation, and addressing academic integrity, authored by Michael Groves of California State University-Fullerton. 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.