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.

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.

The importance of programming skills in improving health across the lifespan
Manuel Hernandez, University of Illinois 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.

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.

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.

Teaching Computational Physics to upper level undergraduates
Seyed Mohiaddeen Ali Tabei; 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.

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.

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.

Computation for Oceanography and Coastal Science
Ali Reza Payandeh, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
This webpage is an essay from the 2018 MATLAB Workshop hosted by SERC, discussing the role of computational training in oceanography and coastal science education, emphasizing MATLAB's utility in teaching programming, data analysis, and numerical modeling, while addressing challenges like insufficient computational coursework and student difficulties with visualization and mathematical foundations. 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.