The ABET "professional skills" - Can they be taught? Can they be assessed?

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-55

  Shuman, Larry J ^a,d   Besterfield Sacre, Mary ^b,d   McGourty, Jack ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d 1048 Benedum Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ABET; Assessment; Professional skills

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EVALUATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING;

ABET; ASSESSMENT; ENGINEERING DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL SKILLS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 14244267080     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00828.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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