Making communication matter: Integrating instruction, projects and assignments to teach writing and design

William T. Riddell, Jennifer Courtney, Eric Constans, Kevin Dahm, Roberta Harvey, Paris R. Vonlockette

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Abstract

An integrated technical writing and design course has been developed at Rowan University. This course was developed using aspects of project-based learning and recent discussions about design education, as well as pedagogical approaches from the write-to-learn and the writing in the disciplines (WID) movements. The result is a course where the writing and design instruction are highly integrated, resulting in improvements in both technical writing and engineering design.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-31
Number of pages31
JournalAdvances in Engineering Education
Volume2
Issue number2
StatePublished - Jun 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Education
  • General Engineering

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