Title :
The experience of implementing a communication skills assessment in the first year course for undergraduate computing engineering students: A tool for further development of an international curriculum
Author :
Fernández, Marinela García ; Caro, Edmundo Tovar
Author_Institution :
Fac. de Inf., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
This paper shows the design and development of a project, accomplished at the beginning of the first year program of the computing engineering technical curriculum, based on the assessment of basic science subjects, together with the English language proficiency, with the purpose of developing and modifying, if necessary, the course syllabus in order to adapt the course content to the university general guidelines and strategic planning, according to the students background knowledge from their secondary studies.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; natural language processing; English language proficiency; communication skills assessment; engineering technical curriculum; first year course; international curriculum; undergraduate computing engineering students; Context; Engineering education; Europe; Grammar; Informatics; assessment; communicative skills; computing engineering curriculum; global engineering; second language acquisition;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amman
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-642-2
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773282