Hybrid Model for Multidisciplinary Collaborations for Technical Communication Education in Engineering

Quantitative Assessment of Writing Register in Engineering Technology Students

“…al. [8]: 1) lack of room in the curriculum for additional writing courses, 2) concern about replacing some of the content in a technical course with writing instruction, and 3) engineering faculty who do not feel they have sufficient expertise to teach writing. An intervention offers an alternative way to provide engineering undergraduates with individualized writing support.…”

Writing as an URM STEM Community: Increasing Competitiveness and Success of Underrepresented Minority STEM Pre-tenure Faculty and Postdoctoral Researchers through Community Grant and Other Academic Writing Experiences

“…Richards and Milanovic established partnerships with professional writing faculty, industry members and technical course instructors to mentor senior design project students in effective writing through paired teaching [4]. In a more recent article, Andrews et al described engineering curriculum-wide and multidisciplinary efforts to build students' writing skills in technical courses through help from technical writing faculty in the English department [5]. The developed writing guidelines and Writing Center assistance resulted in improved writing skills among graduating seniors [5] in a variety of writing documents, including lab and project reports.…”

“…In a more recent article, Andrews et al described engineering curriculum-wide and multidisciplinary efforts to build students' writing skills in technical courses through help from technical writing faculty in the English department [5]. The developed writing guidelines and Writing Center assistance resulted in improved writing skills among graduating seniors [5] in a variety of writing documents, including lab and project reports. Miley et al presented a Studio Model used to assist undergraduate electrical engineering students with improving their technical writing skills through assignments and Writing Center facilitators [6].…”