A survey of the co-op writing experiences of recent engineering graduates

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-152

  Kreth, Melinda L ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative education; Engineering writing; Gender and writing; Technical writing; Writing across the curriculum; Writing in the disciplines; Writing to learn

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION; ENGINEERING WRITING;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 0033708120     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.843642     Document Type: Review

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