[HTML][HTML] Design Sprint: Enhancing STEAM and engineering education through agile prototyping and testing ideas

E Arce, A Suárez-García, JA López-Vázquez… - Thinking Skills and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Creating project-based learning experiences in the classroom where students learn in a
team to solve complex problems and to develop creative and critical thinking is a challenge …

Soft skills of American university teachers: Self-concept

P Fernández-Arias, Á Antón-Sancho, D Vergara… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Today, soft skills (transversal competencies) are increasingly appreciated by employers as
essential skills for professional success. Likewise, these competencies are necessary to be …

Conscientiousness as a predictor of the gender gap in academic achievement

AR Verbree, L Hornstra, L Maas… - Research in higher …, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, female students have been more successful in higher education than
their male counterparts in the United States and other industrialized countries. A promising …

[HTML][HTML] Cooperative learning goes online: teaching and learning intervention in a digital environment impacts psychosocial outcomes in biology students

A Møgelvang, V Vandvik, S Ellingsen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying evidence-based teaching and learning strategies that can ease teacher
challenges and mitigate student concerns in digital settings becomes increasingly important …

Academics' beliefs towards holistic competency development and assessment: A case study in engineering education

CKY Chan, LYY Luk - Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been a longstanding discussion in the literature on employers' dissatisfaction with
the engineering curriculum in preparing work-ready graduates. Given that the development …

Development and validation of an instrument measuring undergraduate students' perceived holistic competencies

CKY Chan, LYY Luk - Assessment & Evaluation in Higher …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
There is a need to develop an instrument for undergraduate students to evaluate their
holistic competencies. Such an instrument can not only be used as a tool for benchmarking …

Fit or unfit? Perspectives of employers and university instructors of graduates' generic skills

P Singh, RX Thambusamy, MA Ramly - Procedia-Social and Behavioral …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite all the mechanisms introduced by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and
the universities to ensure that graduates leave the institution fit for employment, the fact …

The soft skills education for the vocational graduate: Value as work readiness skills

M Abdullah-Al-Mamun - British Journal of Education …, 2012 - library.thepustakas.com
Soft skills are particular abilities that can improve one's employment performance and career
prospects. These soft skills help students to develop their employability skills and make them …

The influence of Big Five personality traits on college students' key competencies: the mediating effect of psychological capital

A Hu, X Li, H Song - Frontiers in psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background In recent years, both society and employers have put forward higher
requirements for the comprehensive quality of college students in the new era. Based on the …

[PDF][PDF] EMPLOYERS'PERCEIVED ACCOUNTING GRADUATES'SOFT SKILLS

EK Ghani, R Rappa, A Gunardi - Academy of Accounting and …, 2018 - researchgate.net
One factor contributing to the rising rate of unemployment among graduates in Malaysia is
the lack of soft skills. Although the government has made it compulsory for all universities to …