Generic Skills in Software Engineering Master Thesis Projects: Towards Rubric-Based Evaluation

Feldt, Robert; Höst, Martin; Lüders, Frank

doi:10.1109/cseet.2009.54

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“…This study proved that when students are aware of the importance of these skills the pay more attention to it and their improvement curve is (Feldt, R et, al 2009) Help higher education students develop their generic skills and finding out which skills are developed throughout their masters. 23 master's students from 3 different Swedish universities were involved in this survey.…”

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Evaluation of Computer Science and Software Engineering Undergraduate’s Soft Skills in Egypt from Student’s Perspective

Naiem¹,

Abdellatif²,

E³

2015

CIS

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Soft skills for software engineers turned out to be a very important factor in the success of any project helping the team's dynamics and performance. Conversely, computer science undergraduates are possibly not aware of the importance of soft skills for their careers. Accordingly this paper's main purpose is to highlight the gaps that exist for computer science graduates in Egypt. In this paper we present a simplified systematic literature review approach for this topic. A survey is conducted in Hellwan University, Cairo, Egypt where 136 computer and software engineering graduating students participated. The survey purpose was to uncover how students evaluate the importance of softs skills, how much they attain these skills, in addition to how much they think the university is helping its development. One outcome of our analysis is that there is a lack of understanding on how to define and thus provide those soft skills for computer science graduating students in Egypt.

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Evaluation of Computer Science and Software Engineering Undergraduate’s Soft Skills in Egypt from Student’s Perspective

Naiem¹,

Abdellatif²,

E³

2015

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“…It is, of course, natural that different parties have different objectives, but it is positive if this is made clear to all roles. Different ways in which examination requirements and quality criteria can be made more explicit has been studied in [19].…”

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Support for Different Roles in Software Engineering Master's Thesis Projects

2010

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Abstract-Like many engineering programs in Europe, the final part of most Swedish software engineering programs is a longer project in which the students write a Master's thesis. These projects are often conducted in cooperation between a university and industry, and the students often have two supervisors, one at the university and one in industry. In particular, the Bologna Process that is currently underway to align different higher educational programs in Europe, discusses industrial Master's theses as a major type of thesis project. However, there is a lack of knowledge on how best to support these projects and the different stakeholders involved. This paper presents a study where students and supervisors from software engineering Master's thesis projects at three different Swedish universities are interviewed. The intention of the study is to explore what the major problems of different stakeholders are during a project, and to investigate what type of support is needed. Based on the interview results, a support model is defined, which outlines the different types of support that are needed for different roles in Master's thesis projects.

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“…The quality of the thesis, therefore, reflects how much effort the student has invested in the program as well as how much society can benefit from the higher education program (Laosum et al , 2016). Feldt et al (2009) describe the desirability of using the engineering master's thesis as a means of defining and examining generic skills, which are the aim of the higher education program. They believe the thesis can become a reference point at the master's level that will make programs comparable and compatible.…”

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Comparative study of academic research on project management in Iran and the World with text mining approach and TF–IDF method

Toosi

Ghaaderi

Shokrani

2021

ECAM

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to compare the trend of academic project management research in Iran and the World in five-year periods with a text mining approach and TF–IDF method.Design/methodology/approachThe research population consists of 1205 theses presented between 2000 and 2019 in Iranian universities. The central library website of the mentioned universities was used for data collection, and the text mining approach with the TF–IDF method was used for data analysis.FindingsThe remarkable results of this study include: Concrete structures are the most frequent among structural systems, Risk Management is the most frequent among PMBOK Knowledge Areas, Design-build (DB) system is the most frequent among Project Delivery Systems, Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) is the most frequent among DB Project Delivery Systems, Financial Management is the most frequent among specialized construction knowledge areas, Soft Skills is the most frequent among Global Trends, Contracting Companies is the most frequent among Project Parties, Construction Projects is the most frequent among Project Areas, Power Plant and Refinery is the most frequent among Project Subjects, Optimization is the most frequent among Problem-Solving Approaches, Fuzzy Logic is the most frequent among Novel Algorithms and Motivation is the most frequent among Soft Skills.Originality/valueThe innovative aspect of this research is that for the first time, text mining has been used to analyze academic research on project and construction management, and also for the first time, academic research on construction industry in Iran has been compared with global research.

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Generic Skills in Software Engineering Master Thesis Projects: Towards Rubric-Based Evaluation

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Evaluation of Computer Science and Software Engineering Undergraduate’s Soft Skills in Egypt from Student’s Perspective

Evaluation of Computer Science and Software Engineering Undergraduate’s Soft Skills in Egypt from Student’s Perspective

Support for Different Roles in Software Engineering Master's Thesis Projects

Comparative study of academic research on project management in Iran and the World with text mining approach and TF–IDF method

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