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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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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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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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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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 College
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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The Struggle of Teaching Math Problems in a Computer Science Classroom
xiaoyuan suo, Webster University
An essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discussing challenges in teaching mathematical concepts within computer science education, including student resistance, math anxiety, ADA accommodations, and pedagogical strategies like graphical representations to improve engagement and comprehension. 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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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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Essays from Previous Workshops
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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
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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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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(Programming Induced) Fear and Loathing in Lost Students part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Matthew Leineweber, San Jose State University
This webpage is an essay from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discussing student anxiety and fear in programming, particularly in engineering education, and explores assessment strategies to differentiate between syntactic proficiency and conceptual understanding of computational methods while addressing psychological barriers in learning MATLAB. auto-generated
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Experimental Mathematics for Teaching and Learning Mathematics part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University-Mankato
This essay page from a 2019 MATLAB workshop discusses integrating experimental mathematics into teaching and learning, advocating for computational tools like MATLAB to foster student engagement, problem-solving, and research through trial, visualization, and real-world applications in mathematics education. 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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Learn to Teach Computational Thinking Skills part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Charles Lee, California State University-Fullerton
An essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discussing pedagogical strategies for teaching computational thinking skills in STEM education, featuring insights from educator Charles Lee on integrating MATLAB-based computational exercises, challenges in student learning transfer, and the importance of diverse teaching techniques to enhance problem-solving abilities in mathematics courses. auto-generated
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Computational modeling in geochemistry and petrology (and the geosciences more broadly) part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Essays
Kendra Lynn, University of Delaware
This essay page from the Teaching Computation with MATLAB workshop series discusses integrating computational modeling into geochemistry and petrology education, emphasizing the importance of teaching programming skills like MATLAB and Python to bridge gaps in geoscience training, with a focus on diffusion chronometry, 3D modeling, and preparing students for research and industry demands. auto-generated
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The importance of programming skills in improving health across the lifespan part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Essays
Manuel Hernandez, University of Illinois at 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
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Motivating undergraduates in the geosciences to learn programming part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Past Workshops:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Essays
Alain Plattner, California State University-Fresno
An essay page from a 2016 MATLAB workshop discusses strategies for integrating programming education into geoscience curricula, emphasizing curriculum design and pedagogical approaches—such as using self-written MATLAB programs in geophysics courses and teaching introductory programming with Heslop’s textbook—to motivate and equip undergraduates with computational skills essential for research and career advancement. auto-generated
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