• DocumentCode
    331772
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    4-7 Nov. 1998
  • Firstpage
    372
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998. FIE '98. 28th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Tempe, AZ, USA
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4762-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.1998.736872
  • Filename
    736872