Application of Object-Centered Scaffolding to Introductory MatLab

MatLab is rapidly gaining acceptance if not defacto default status as the computational tool of choice in many engineering colleges. In the majority of universities in which MatLab plays the role of preferred computational tool in the undergraduate engineering curriculum, MatLab is typically introduced in freshman or sophomore courses. There are a number of choices for textbooks which introduce MatLab. But all can be characterized as having a “steep learning curve.”