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- Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Amelia Greig, University of Texas at El Paso
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- Aerospace
widelyacknowledged that graduating engineers require a lot more skills that simply doing workedexamples about a single component of an entire engineering system, such as leadership,teamwork, and communication skills [17,18].Well-planned and well-conceived assessments can provide the opportunity to expand anddevelop these required soft skills at the same time as maintaining the ability to assess courseeffectiveness against ABET student learning outcomes and provide a ranking system of studentsfor future employers. Writing Across the Curriculum [19] is one example of this, where writingand communication exercises are incorporated into all aspects of the curriculum including thetechnical subjects that are often assessed only through worked problems. The
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- Design Courses 1, Teaching Tools
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Caroline K. Marete, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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in solving ‘real’ worldchallenges, a task that can equip students with technical and soft skills that are necessary in theindustry. Experiential learning experiences such as capstone projects is one way for students togain hands on industry experience as they prepare to enter the industry [3]. Other ways studentscan gain hands on experience is through internships and cooperative programs. Throughcollaborative projects between schools and industry, students learn to: • apply theoretical knowledge to solve practical problems, • communicate effectively with their industry consultants and fellow student team members, • understand financial impacts of problem solutions, • work in teams, • to understand industry demands such