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Assessment Of Engineering Writing At Western Washington University, Sura Al-Qudah, Nathan Romond Jan 2016

Assessment Of Engineering Writing At Western Washington University, Sura Al-Qudah, Nathan Romond

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Effective writing skills are crucial to the transfer of knowledge and information in all fields. In Engineering, writing skills are the key to communicating the results and findings of engineering analysis, since this analysis is not only represented by graphs, plots, equations, etc. but is also presented in technical reports, lab reports, proposals, and articles. Engineering programs emphasize the importance of teaching students effective writing skills by implementing some writing proficiency courses in their curriculum. However, these programs are usually concerned with how to prepare and assess their students to have effective writing skills to help them in their professional …