Incorporation of initial research skills in undergraduate engineering: Experience in course of Compilers

Due to globalization and international competition, there is a need to make research that contribute to society and the country. Therefore, it is important to structure curricular strategies that allow the undergraduate students to develop research skills in an innovative manner. Taking into consideration that the area of Computer Science tends to be of high scientific productivity worldwide, the training of professionals with research and innovation capacity can be a fundamental factor in the economic development and growth of a nation. This article discusses the effects of incorporating didactic skills, oriented to the development of basic research skills by the computer sciences and informatics students, in the course of compilers of the Universidad de Atacama. As a result the students developed this new skills at a different degree, and depending on the characteristics of each one, Valuating positively the need to acquire these new research skills.