Introductory to Scientific Programming: Flight of a Ball

NURZAL EFFIYANA GHAZALI, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA, Centre for Engineering Education

Initial Publication Date: December 6, 2021

Summary

Activity that I want to share is an assignment related to the flight of the ball. Students are group into 4 and given 3 weeks to solve the complete the assignment. Problem given is an open-ended. Students need to write problem re-statement using their own word to make sure they understand. Then, they need to develop the pseudocode and Mathlab code.

Engineering | College Lower (13-14)

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Learning Goals

1) Basic concept in programming, where they need to make problem re-statement, identify the input and output and able to develop the pseudocode before develop Matlab code.
2) I think it involve critical thinking.
3) They need to submit written report.

Context for Use

1) I am teaching first year electrical engineering students. The course name is Introductory to Scientific Programming. Max class size is 30 students.
2) The assignment given is for 3 weeks only.
3) From the assignment, students are expected to write basic code of MATLAB, create function, finding maximum range and plotting graph.