Written Communication Apr 1984

Survey of Academic Writing Tasks

BRENT BRIDGEMAN ; SYBIL B. CARLSON

Abstract

Questionaire responses from faculty members in 190 academic departments at 34 universities were analyzed to determine the writing tasks faced by beginning undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to undergraduate English departments, six fields were surveyed: electrical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, chemistry, psychology, and master of business administration programs. Results indicated considerable variability across fields in the kinds of writing required and in preferred assessment topics.

Journal
Written Communication
Published
1984-04-01
DOI
10.1177/0741088384001002004
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graduate education assessment digital rhetoric
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