Using genre theory to teach students engineering lab report writing: A collaborative approach

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-19

  Walker, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Electrical engineering; Ethnographic research; Genre; Lab reports; Technical communication; Writing centers; Writing in the disciplines

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENGINEERING GENRES; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0033098663     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.749363     Document Type: Article

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