Process, product, and potential: The archaeological assessment of collaborative, wiki-based student projects in the technical communication classroom

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-60

  Barton, Matthew D ^a   Heiman, James R ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; civic discourse; collaboration; technical writing; wikis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859095687     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2012.626391     Document Type: Article

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