Title :
Designing effective writing and presentation assignments for Freshman engineering students
Author :
Alford, E.M. ; Rocheleau, D.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
When the University of South Carolina College of Engineering (USA) created its new freshman year experience course in 1997, it established a Freshman Writing Program to integrate communications and writing skills into the curriculum. This paper describes how one component of the Freshman Writing Program, staffed by consultants in the College´s communications and writing centers, is assistance to engineering faculty in structuring appropriate writing and oral presentation assignments for the course.
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; professional communication; teaching; Freshman Writing Program; University of South Carolina; communications; curriculum; engineering faculty; freshman engineering course; oral presentation; writing presentation; writing skills; Buildings; Collaborative work; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Mechanical engineering; Professional communication; Seminars; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998. FIE '98. 28th Annual
Conference_Location :
Tempe, AZ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4762-5
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1998.736872
