Audience awareness: Leveraging problem-based learning to teach workplace communication practices

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-198

  Paretti, Marie C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment design; Engineering communication; Problem based learning; Student centered pedagogy; Technical communication; Technical writing; Workplace communication

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ASSIGNMENT DESIGN; ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENT-CENTERED PEDAGOGY; WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 33744797120     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.875083     Document Type: Article

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