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Quantitative Investigation of Undergraduate Student and Practitioner Perceptions in Civil Engineering.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Quantitative Investigation of Undergraduate Student and Practitioner Perceptions in Civil Engineering./
Author:	Dickman, Logan Konrad.
Description:	1 online resource (145 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-02.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International84-02.
Subject:	Civil engineering. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28965854click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798841772330

Quantitative Investigation of Undergraduate Student and Practitioner Perceptions in Civil Engineering.
Dickman, Logan Konrad.

Quantitative Investigation of Undergraduate Student and Practitioner Perceptions in Civil Engineering. - 1 online resource (145 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-02.

Thesis (M.S.)--Washington State University, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

The following thesis details the investigation into the perceptions of undergraduate students and practitioners in civil engineering through quantitative analysis. The aim of the study was to identify the perceptions of undergraduate students on lifelong learning (LLL) and the expected importance of skills for practice and compare those with the skills identified as important by practicing engineers and their experiences with LLL to identify potential gaps in current engineering curricula. Existing literature has demonstrated that nontechnical skills are equally important in practice as technical skills, but findings are often generalized across all engineering disciplines and thus further investigation on discipline specific skills is necessary. The study was conducted through the distribution of quantitative survey instruments, and the thesis reviews the development, pre-testing, distribution, and data analysis processes for the instruments. Findings highlight that student perceptions and realities of practicing engineers are relatively aligned except for a disconnect in the importance of technical skills. This disconnect is highlighted by a low correlation in the ranking of items (rs) between the two populations of 0.38, indicating a weak level of agreement. Study data in conjunction with existing literature also suggests informal communication skills are more important and frequently applied than formal communication skills, with informal communication skills often ranked first or second in their respective categories. Regarding lifelong learning, findings encouragingly showed that 98.4% of undergraduate students anticipate continuing to learn in practice. Finally, data also supports that mentorship is critical in the early-career development of engineers, as 45.9% of practitioners and 46.4% of undergraduate students identified mentorship as "Very Important".

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798841772330Subjects--Topical Terms:

860360
Civil engineering.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Engineering educationIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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