TY - JOUR
T1 - Delivering advanced methods in mathematical programming to students of all disciplines using abstraction, modularity and open-ended assignments.
AU - Ezra Tsur, Elishai
AU - Nahmias, Yaakov
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by iSER, International Society of Educational Research.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - The advent of integrated multidisciplinary research has given rise to some of the most important breakthroughs of our time, but has also set significant challenges to the current educational paradigm. Current academic education often limits cross-discipline discussion, depends on close-ended problems, and restricts utilization of interdisciplinary methods. 'Advanced Methods in Mathematical Programming' is a new course developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We used MATLAB as the course platform, exploiting the software’s high levels of abstraction and modularity to teach network analysis, signal processing, module-oriented design, and mathematical modeling to students of all disciplines. Enrollment included students from different disciplines ranging from computer science to psychology. In their final projects, students presented novel ways of approaching classic disciplinary problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
AB - The advent of integrated multidisciplinary research has given rise to some of the most important breakthroughs of our time, but has also set significant challenges to the current educational paradigm. Current academic education often limits cross-discipline discussion, depends on close-ended problems, and restricts utilization of interdisciplinary methods. 'Advanced Methods in Mathematical Programming' is a new course developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We used MATLAB as the course platform, exploiting the software’s high levels of abstraction and modularity to teach network analysis, signal processing, module-oriented design, and mathematical modeling to students of all disciplines. Enrollment included students from different disciplines ranging from computer science to psychology. In their final projects, students presented novel ways of approaching classic disciplinary problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
KW - College Students
KW - Curriculum Development
KW - Teaching Methods
KW - Undergraduate Education
KW - Abstraction
KW - Computer Assisted Instruction
KW - Computer Software
KW - Computer Science
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U2 - 10.12973/eurasia.2015.1302a
DO - 10.12973/eurasia.2015.1302a
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SN - 1305-8215
VL - 11
SP - 17
EP - 23
JO - Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
JF - Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
IS - 1
ER -