Knowledge transfer across disciplines: Tracking rhetorical strategies from a technical communication classroom to an engineering classroom

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-315

  Ford, Julie Dyke ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering writing; Knowledge transfer; Rhetorical knowledge; Technical communication pedagogy

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; RHETORICAL KNOWLEDGE; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION PEDAGOGY;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 10944236228     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2004.840486     Document Type: Article

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