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- Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice
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- Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioğlu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Caitlyn Aaron; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University
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management expertise,” Decision Support Systems, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 51–60, Oct. 1997, doi: 10.1016/S0167-9236(97)00017-1.[6] S. Gillard, “Soft Skills and Technical Expertise of Effective Project Managers,” Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, vol 6, pp. 723-729, 2009. doi: 10.28945/1092[7] E. Miskioglu and K. Martin, “Is it Rocket Science or Brain Science? Developing an Instrument to Measure ‘Engineering Intuition,’” in 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Tampa, Florida, Jun. 2019. doi: 10.18260/1-2--33027.[8] J. Saldaña, The coding manual for qualitative researchers. SAGE Publications Limited, 2021.[9 J. Walther, N. W. Sochacka, and N. N. Kellam, “Quality in Interpretive
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- Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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- Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; E. G. Avilés-Rabanales, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodríguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey
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. • Values and attitudes: Soft skills required for excelling in student’s academic and professional activities.The purpose of this study is to generate better content delivery strategies for developing student’scompetences. We focus in the third of the previous dimensions: values and attitudes. Within thisdimension, Tecnologico de Monterrey considers teamwork and systemic reasoning as keyelements to be developed by students by incorporating technology to enhance collaboration andproblem solving. This paper focuses on analyzing two key measurements: student’s perceptionof teamwork, and development of systemic reasoning.Young students often consider teamwork as splitting activities among team members, instead ofcontributing to generate synergy
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- Virginia Charter, Oklahoma State University
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skills, interpersonal skills,community and citizenship knowledge, leadership skills, professional effectiveness, informationand communication literacy, critical thinking, and self-management skills. This study exploredundergraduate engineering students’ perceptions of their generic skills competency as it relates toindividual demographics. Utilizing the Generic Skills Perception Questionnaire, 158 engineeringstudents at a research university located in the Midwest responded to the survey providingfeedback on their capabilities in the different generic skills. The survey found that womenindicated higher levels of perceived competency in several of the generic soft skills than men.Additionally, the minority racial and ethnic students perceived
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- Innovative Pedagogies Afforded Through Technology and Remote Learning
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- Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Tahzinul Islam, York University
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entertainment industry. Connolly et al. [14]distinguishes serious games from traditional games in that the former seeks to educate, while thelatter prioritizes entertainment.The positive impacts of Serious Games have been well documented ever since the advent of themodern personal computer, however, a very renowned study by Connolly et al. [14] noted that thepositive impacts, while acknowledged, is still lacking in coherence. Notable positive effects ofSerious Games studied in prominent studies include boosts in creativity , entrepreneurship [18],soft skills [19], communication and interpersonal skills [20], satisfaction in learning [21] andstudent motivation [22]. Digital versions of Serious Games also benefit from variousconveniences. Most notably
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- Gloria Washington, Howard University; Marlon Mejias, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Marlon Mejias; Legand L. Burge III, Howard University
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informed judgments incomputing practice based on legal and ethical principles”, and 3) “function effectively as amember or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline”are soft skills that most undergraduate computing programs believe help students havelongevity in their software careers [1]. Tech companies hiring undergraduate softwareengineers state that soft skills like ability to listen effectively, empathize with others, and beagreeable and cooperative during team discussions [2] are skills that new graduates oftenlack. Undergraduate computing capstone courses and sometimes software engineeringcourses are usually a student’s first introduction to both working on a team-based project,creating a prototype
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- Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Oluwafemi J. Sunday, Washington State University; Ebenezer Rotimi Ewumi, Washington State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Muhammad Asghar P.E., Utah State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University
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. M. , Mitchell, T. D. (2015). Learning Communities: Foundations for First-Year Students’ Development of Pluralistic Outcomes. Learning Communities Research and Practice, 3(2), Article 2. Available at: http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/vol3/iss2/2[9] Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (2005). How college affects students: Vol. 2. A third decade of research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.[10] J E Froyd and M W Ohland, “Integrated engineering curricula,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no.1, pp. 147–164, 2005.[11] Mikko-Ville Apiola and Mikko-Jussi Laakso. 2019. The Impact of Self-Theories to Academic Achievement and Soft Skills in Undergraduate CS Studies:First
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- Hector Zuniga-Robles, Universidad Andres Bello; María Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello
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in Chile. His interest in education led him to obtain a master’s degree in Higher Education Teaching from the University Andres Bello. He currently is a PhD candidate from the Doctorate in Education in the University Benito Juarez, Mexico. He teaches undergraduate courses for careers of Geology and Mining Engineering in several universities and is a professor of a Postgraduate program in Geomining. His research interests include the importance of soft skills in engineering students and the use of different methodologies in on-line teaching. He also is interest in training professors on topics related to on-line teaching.Dr. Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor
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- Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo; Hala Alfadhli, University at Buffalo; Lucas Wickham, University at Buffalo; Ashley Cummings, University at Buffalo; Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University
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literatureincluding competencies that are more often deemed professional competencies or “soft skills,” likecommunicate effectively and coordinate efforts (i.e. teamwork). While a key finding of their meta-analysis is that “engineering practice requires coordinating multiple competencies to accomplisha goal” they also found that competencies important to practice are not aligned to the learningoutcomes that engineering curricula are built around [10].The lack of alignment between learning outcomes of the curriculum and the competenciesnecessary for practice are reflected in literature that graduates are underprepared for professionalpractice. Korte, Sheppard, and Jordan [14] suggested an expansion and emphasis on theprofessional competencies of critical
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- Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions
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- Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware
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, civil,biomedical, electrical, and mechanical engineering [1-7]. Considered a critical instructionalstrategy for aiding students in developing durable professional “soft” skills [8, 9], team-basedlearning involves collaborative interactions among students to achieve a common design goal.To be sure, the ability to function on teams and communicate effectively are two process skillsthat all engineering students should acquire as a result of completing a post-secondary programof study in engineering [10]. In engineering, team-based learning often occurs through product orprocess design projects. While the details of team-based design projects may vary by discipline,in general, they have three features. First, they present an open-ended problem to