Mentors, models, and clients: Using the professional engineering community to identify and teach engineering genres

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Kryder, LeeAnne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Engineering; Generic models; Pedagogy; Training

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ENGINEERING GENRES; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0033100281     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.749362     Document Type: Article

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