Essays
A collection of essays submitted by participants in the 2023 Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop.
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Teaching Calculus with MATLAB
Muhammad Akhtar, El Paso Community College
An essay page from a 2023 MATLAB education workshop detailing a community college instructor's approach to integrating MATLAB into calculus courses to prepare engineering students, emphasizing visualization, problem-solving, and industry readiness. 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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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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Challenges to Teaching Computations in New Times
Luis M Vicente, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
An essay page from the SERC Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discussing challenges in assessing computational skills, adapting pedagogy to technological change, and integrating MATLAB into engineering and computer science education through project-based and peer assessment strategies. auto-generated
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The hidden learning outcomes of an Earth's Climate course with computer lab
i gouirand, the UWI
This essay page from the 2023 MATLAB Workshop explores hidden learning outcomes in an undergraduate Earth's Climate course with a computer lab, emphasizing how computational exercises enhance experiential learning, reinforce climate science concepts, and develop students' data analysis, critical thinking, and coding skills despite accessibility and pedagogical challenges. 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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Experimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University-Mankato
An essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discussing experimental mathematics as a pedagogical approach, emphasizing active learning, computational exploration, and inquiry-based methods to enhance mathematics education, authored by Namyong Lee for the 2023 workshop. 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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Challenges in Teaching Computer Sciences Engineering Courses with Matlab & Simulink
Silvio Simani, 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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Computation Essay
Lazaros Kikas, University of Detroit Mercy
A workshop essay page from the SERC Pedagogic Service discussing the integration of MATLAB in teaching calculus, emphasizing Newton's method, computational pedagogy, student challenges in programming, and instructional strategies within the context of the 2023 MATLAB-focused educator workshop. auto-generated
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Essays from Previous Workshops
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Teaching Basic Problem Decomposition and Algorithm Design Skills part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University
This essay page from the 2019 MATLAB Workshop discusses integrating computational thinking—particularly problem decomposition and algorithm design—into early engineering education using MATLAB and Python, emphasizing skill development through structured programming assignments and curriculum design. 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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Teaching Quantum Mechanics with MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Paul Kassebaum, MathWorks; Temo Vekua
This educational essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop presents strategies and resources for teaching quantum mechanics using MATLAB, featuring downloadable instructional materials including a live script and PDF, with contributions from MathWorks staff, emphasizing computational physics education and pedagogical techniques in undergraduate STEM instruction. auto-generated
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Using and Learning Matlab in Geomorphology of Rivers: Experiences with Advanced Students and Research part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Andrew Darling, Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Essay page from a 2016 MATLAB workshop discussing the integration of MATLAB in geomorphology research and education, emphasizing computational modeling of river systems, teaching challenges with advanced students, and the bidirectional benefits of coding and geoscience learning. 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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Foundational computation for first-year physics undergraduates part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Duncan Carlsmith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This essay page details a physics-forward approach to integrating MATLAB-based computational instruction in first-year undergraduate physics courses, emphasizing Live Scripts, data analysis from real-world scientific sources, lab integration, and student outcomes like increased self-efficacy and research engagement, presented within a workshop context on teaching computation with MATLAB. auto-generated
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Meaningful Engagement and Assessment of Technology: Balancing Scaffolding and Discovery part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Catherine Buell, Fitchburg State University
An educational essay page discussing challenges in integrating computational tools like MATLAB into mathematics education, emphasizing strategies to balance instructional scaffolding with student discovery, assess technological proficiency, and differentiate between mathematical and computational learning barriers. auto-generated
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Teaching a Computational Course to Students with Diverse Science Backgrounds part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Gordana Garapic, State University of New York at New Paltz
An essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discussing strategies for teaching computational methods to students with diverse science backgrounds, using MATLAB-based geophysical problem-solving and numerical simulations to enhance understanding of Earth system processes despite challenges in curriculum support and student preparedness. auto-generated
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Beginning to incorporate computation and Matlab into my courses part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Carlye Peterson, Cuesta College
This essay page from the 2016 MATLAB Workshop explores strategies for integrating computation and MATLAB into undergraduate geoscience courses, emphasizing scaffolding techniques for non-STEM students, practical MATLAB introduction activities, and contextualized math learning to build student confidence and proficiency. auto-generated
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Using MATLAB to improve student understanding of vector calculus part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Essays
Anantha Aiyyer, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
An essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series details how MATLAB is used to bridge vector calculus and atmospheric sciences education, describing a context-based course that integrates MATLAB lab exercises to improve students' computational skills, conceptual understanding, and visualization abilities in upper-division atmospheric science curricula. auto-generated
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