Development of soft skills while learning numerical analysis

Abstract

Many authors argue that effective communication in any professional training is a factor that positively influences future job success. Based on these ideas, in the Numerical Analysis course at the Facultad Regional San Nicolás, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional from Argentina decided to design didactic sequences that try to promote the development of communicative competence, both oral and written, while students learn the different numerical methods. The main objective of this work is to show some of the didactic sequences that were designed to contribute to the training of students in terms of communicative competence and to present the rubrics that were developed, based on the evaluation criteria that were established. Assessment instruments were also designed to analyze the degree of development of skills in students. The didactic sequences presented in this paper show what can be done from different subjects of engineering careers to contribute to the development of soft skills in students.