Writing program improvements for a materialsengineering laboratory course

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Micheals, Anastasia ^a,b,c,d   Allen, Emily ^a,e   Linsdell, Jeanne ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Society of Metals (ASM)   (United States)

^c Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS)

^d American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)   (United States)

^e SJSU's Materials Characterization and Metrology Center

Author keywords

Contextual assignments; Engineering reports; Laboratory; Rubric; Writing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

CONTEXTUAL ASSIGNMENTS; INTRODUCTORY COURSES; WRITING ASSIGNMENTS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 85029098406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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