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Computational Thinking: What Should Our Students Know And Be Able To Do?

Conference Session
Student Learning
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
) technology skills Problem solving skills (critical Systems knowledge Soft skills (global thinking) issues) Communication skills Self motivated innovation Accountability Knowledge of a programming Understanding business Data exploration language needs (value proposition) Database management skills Data reportingIn parallel with the industry panel work was a comprehensive literature review pertaining tocomputer competency, proficiency, and fluency at the university level. The results of theliterature review revealed broad and inconsistent interpretations of the terms competency,proficiency, and fluency, with very
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An Examination Of Industry's Desired Traits For Engineering Graduates And Gender Differences

Conference Session
Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Chris VanArsdale, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
higher forthe leadership and communication attributes.It is interesting to note that all the significant traits were “soft” skills. In the cases where namegender was significant, the women were always rated higher on average than males. It is alsoworth noting that a career fair may not be an accurate representation of the engineering field.One possible reason is recruiters may be directed to focus on the recruiting of more women andminorities. For example, government agencies actively recruit females and minorities in aneffort to increase representation of both in the workplace. Besides government agencies, otherrecruiters may focus on recruiting women. McIlwee and Robinson suggest that since themajority of graduates in engineering are male
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