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2013 GSW

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Ronald E. Barr

. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering EducationInsufficient Data That All SOs Are Being AchievedThe outcomes expected in ABET a-k range from hard technical skills to soft professional skills.For most programs, the hard skills like problem solving and laboratory skills are easy to assessquantitatively. However, the soft skills like teamwork, ethics, communication, and life-longlearning are harder to quantify.5 Faculty will need to devise more subtle methods to evaluatethese professional outcomes. Some possible recommendations would include: a. Assessing “teamwork

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2013 GSW

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Lana Rings

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