IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Jun 2000

A survey of the co-op writing experiences of recent engineering graduates

M.L. Kreth

Abstract

This article reports on a survey of 162 recent engineering graduates about their writing experiences during co-op. Specifically, the survey obtained data about how much time they spent writing, to what extent they engaged in collaborative writing, what kinds of documents they wrote, and the purposes and audiences for those documents, whether they believed their employers valued writing ability, and what strategies they perceived as most helpful in learning to write like engineers. Data were analyzed in terms of engineering specialty and gender. The findings are presented, along with implications for teaching and future research.

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
2000-06-01
DOI
10.1109/47.843642
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Open Access
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Topics
writing pedagogy teacher development collaborative writing gender and writing
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