Evaluating Student Attitudes and Behaviors through SEAL to Achieve Holistic Development in Engineering Education

Abstract--Education in engineering not only focuses on knowledge and technical skills but also ensures equal importance to the personal and interpersonal skills. It should also place a strong emphasis on guiding students' behaviors and attitudes, which are crucial for their development as professionals and contributions to society. While engineering education often device assessment strategies on cognitive and psychomotor skills it might be difficult to evaluate and improve emotional and attitudinal aspects. This article proposes a Social Emotional (SE) cum Active Learning (SEAL) pedagogical strategy to cult this gap and experimented for its succession among Vernacular, Vocational and non-computer background students admitted in the academic year of 2019 in computer science engineering department. Various domains such as CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate) framework, the Affective Domain of teaching, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) are all considered on devising SEAL, and a list of planned activities from the first to the end of semester is recommended for long term behavioral monitoring and assessment. The SEAL is exercised to gauge and improve students' behavioral