Publishing in scientific and engineering contexts: A course for graduate students

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Leydens, Jon A ^a   Olds, Barbara M ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; Engineering graduate students; Graduate instruction; Science graduate students; Teaching of writing; Writing pedagogy

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC PUBLISHING; COURSE ITERATIONS; DISCOURSE KNOWLEDGE;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 34047130677     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.885863     Document Type: Article

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