Assessing and improving writing in the engineering curriculum

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 901-905

  Flateby, Teresa ^a   Fehr, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

CLAQWA; Cognitive skills; Critical thinking; Peer review; Writing improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149105457     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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