Writing4practice in engineering courses: Implementation and assessment approaches

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-440

  Gruber, Sibylle ^a   Larson, Debra ^a   Scott, David R ^a   Neville, Melvin ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0000411810     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572259909364678     Document Type: Article

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