Challenges in learning communication skills in chemical engineering

Communication Education

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-56

  Dannels, Deanna P ^a   Anson, Chris M ^a   Bullard, Lisa ^b   Peretti, Steven ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication across the curriculum; Engineering education; Scholarship of teaching and learning; Writing and speaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037284772     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520302454     Document Type: Article

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