Essays
A collection of essays submitted by participants in the 2023 Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop.
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How Computation and Modelling Tools Can Counteract Compartmental Learning for Engineering Students
Paul Campbell, University of Technology, Jamaica
This essay page from a MATLAB workshop explores how integrating computation and modeling tools into engineering curricula can combat compartmentalized learning by connecting mathematical, scientific, and engineering concepts through interdisciplinary projects, simulation, and pedagogical strategies that emphasize holistic understanding and applied computational skills. auto-generated
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Teaching Computation in Earth Science Laboratories
Jim Boyle, Western Connecticut State University
This essay page from the 2023 MATLAB Workshop explores integrating computational skills into earth science laboratories using MATLAB, detailing a multi-year course sequence that builds student proficiency in data analysis, numerical simulation, and visualization while fostering critical thinking about model and data limitations in meteorology and oceanography education. auto-generated
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How Computation and Modelling Tools Can Counteract Compartmental Learning for Engineering Students
Paul Campbell, University of Technology, Jamaica
This essay page from a MATLAB-focused educational workshop explores how computational and modeling tools can mitigate compartmentalized learning in undergraduate engineering education by integrating mathematics, programming, and core engineering concepts through interdisciplinary projects, simulation-based labs, and curricular reforms that emphasize holistic, applied learning. auto-generated
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Computational Modeling in Cognitive Neuroscience
weiwei zhang, University of California-Riverside
An academic essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discussing the role of computational modeling in cognitive neuroscience, emphasizing its importance as a foundational pillar alongside behavior and brain studies, its theoretical and pedagogical value in psychology education, and its application in modeling short-term memory and cognitive processes using mathematical frameworks. auto-generated
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Incorporating computational skills into undergraduate Geoscience courses
Jill Pearse, California State University-Long Beach
An essay page from a 2023 MATLAB workshop discusses strategies for integrating computational skills into undergraduate Geoscience curricula, addressing challenges like student resistance to quantitative coursework, enrollment concerns, and interdisciplinary program variability, while advocating for early, normalized exposure to computation within core courses to build student confidence and enhance career readiness. auto-generated
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Challenges in Teaching Computer Sciences Engineering Courses with Matlab & Simulink
Silvio Simani, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara
An academic essay page from a 2023 MATLAB workshop discussing challenges in teaching computational skills to engineering students, emphasizing abstraction deficiencies, the role of MATLAB and Simulink in developing problem-solving abilities, and pedagogical strategies like learning by doing, real-world applications, and integrated computational thinking in engineering education. auto-generated
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Integrating MATLAB Programming into Applied Math Curriculum
Dong Zhou, California State University-Los Angeles
This webpage is an essay by Dong Zhou from California State University-Los Angeles, detailing his six-year experience integrating MATLAB programming into applied mathematics courses, including numerical analysis, ordinary differential equations, and graduate-level modeling, with the aim of enhancing student engagement and computational skills despite initial coding anxiety among math majors. auto-generated
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The STEM Divide
Walaa K Abdallah, Manhattan University
The STEM Divide is an essay page from a 2023 MATLAB workshop discussing the integration of computational skills, particularly MATLAB, into early STEM education to bridge gaps in student comprehension and critical thinking, emphasizing transferable coding logic and hands-on learning for high school and undergraduate students. auto-generated
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Assessing Computation with Projects
Blain Patterson, Virginia Military Institute
This essay page from the 2023 MATLAB Workshop on Teaching Computation discusses challenges in assessing computational skills through group projects, particularly addressing workload distribution issues in student teams, and seeks strategies for evaluating individual contributions within collaborative computational assignments. auto-generated
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Teaching Computation in MATLAB: An Educational Journey
Yih-Choung Yu, Lafayette College
This webpage is an educational essay detailing a faculty member's experience teaching computational skills using MATLAB, covering pedagogical strategies like interactive learning and real-world applications, challenges in student engagement, and outcomes including enhanced problem-solving abilities and career readiness, presented within a workshop context hosted by SERC. auto-generated
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Essays from Previous Workshops
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Enhancing Computational Thinking in Information Science Engineering Education part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Silvio Simani, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara
This academic essay page from a teaching workshop explores strategies for integrating computational thinking into information science engineering education, emphasizing MATLAB-based tools, learning-by-doing pedagogy, real-world problem solving, and curriculum design to develop technical and soft skills in engineering students. auto-generated
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Vectorized thinking! Teaching efficient programming in MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Matin Rahnamay Naeini, University of California-Irvine
An educational essay page from the 2019 MATLAB Workshop series discussing the importance of teaching vectorized programming in MATLAB to improve coding efficiency and performance, emphasizing a paradigm shift from traditional loop-based approaches to vectorization for STEM students in the context of big data and machine learning. auto-generated
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Overcoming Challenges in Teaching Computation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Sayonita Ghosh Hajra, California State University-Sacramento
An essay page from a 2019 MATLAB workshop discussing challenges in teaching computational skills in multivariable calculus, focusing on visualization, student buy-in, assessment, and integrating MATLAB effectively to support learning rather than as an add-on. auto-generated
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The Role of Computation in 21st Century part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
An essay page from a 2019 MATLAB workshop discussing the importance of computational skills across disciplines like physics, engineering, and data science, emphasizing computational thinking, educational strategies, and MATLAB’s role in teaching, while advocating for curriculum enhancements and training to prepare students for modern scientific challenges. auto-generated
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MATLAB is an Effective Tools for Solving Electric Circuit Problems part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
This essay page from the 2019 Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop presents a faculty contributor's experience using MATLAB in flipped classroom instruction for electric circuit courses, emphasizing computational problem-solving, visualization, simulation, and student engagement through hands-on learning and automated solution validation. auto-generated
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Importance of MATLAB in engineering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Miguel Goni Rodrigo, University of South Florida
This essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discusses the growing importance of MATLAB in engineering education, emphasizing its role in numerical simulations, computational skill development, finite element analysis, data processing, and problem-solving across engineering disciplines, while sharing pedagogical strategies for teaching MATLAB effectively. auto-generated
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Computation in Civil Engineering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
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
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Building quantitative skills in Marine Science using MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Diane Fribance, Coastal Carolina University
Essay page from a teaching workshop that discusses integrating MATLAB into marine science education to build undergraduate quantitative skills, overcome math anxiety, and foster computational thinking through data analysis, field projects, and iterative learning in a liberal arts context. auto-generated
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Teaching Computational Physics to upper level undergraduates part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
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
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Computational teaching tools in the classroom: GUI vs Command Line part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2017:Essays
Alain Plattner, California State University-Fresno
A scholarly essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series comparing GUI and command-line interfaces in geoscience education, arguing that command-line tools enhance students' computational thinking and understanding of process sequencing despite a steeper learning curve. auto-generated
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