Making connections to the workplace: Situating technical communications assignments within professional practice

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 433-440

  Paretti, Marie C ^a,b,c  

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

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c Eng Commun Prog for Materials Science and Engineering and Engineering Science and Mechanics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assignments; Engineering communication

Indexed keywords

ASSIGNMENTS; CAPSTONE ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION; LEARNER-CENTERED CLASSROOMS;

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 33745266135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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