Essays
A collection of essays submitted by participants in the 2023 Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Using MATLAB in Mathematics Classes part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Rick Downs, South Seattle College
This essay page from the 2019 MATLAB Workshop discusses integrating MATLAB into undergraduate mathematics courses to develop students' computational thinking, detailing specific assignments across calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra that use MATLAB for modeling, data analysis, and visualization in support of STEM education. 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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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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Coding is Thinking part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
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
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Project Based Learning with MATLAB in Engineering Modeling and Design Course part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Muhammad Khan, Arkansas Tech University
This essay page details the implementation of project-based learning (PBL) using MATLAB and Simulink in an upper-level engineering modeling and design course, emphasizing hands-on computational skill development, self-efficacy assessment through pre- and post-course surveys, and integration of modeling, simulation, optimization, and CAD across multidisciplinary engineering systems. auto-generated
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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, 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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Teaching Computational Thinking Skills from the Student's Early Years Through College part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Samuel Olatunbosun, Norfolk State University
An educational essay page from a 2019 MATLAB workshop discussing computational thinking (CT) skills, their definitions, importance in K–12 and higher education, core components like decomposition and pattern recognition, and pedagogical benefits such as problem-solving and logical reasoning, authored by Samuel Olatunbosun of Norfolk State University. auto-generated
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MATLAB' "easy programming" for discipline "Information Processes and Coding" part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Yevgeny Gayev, National aviation university
This essay page from the 2019 Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop details an educational approach using MATLAB to enable student-driven discovery in the "Information Processes and Coding" course, emphasizing active learning through programming tasks like Morse coding, entropy measurement, and error-correcting code simulations. 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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