Assessing Technical Writing at Tertiary Level: Implications for English Language and Engineering Lecturers.

Krishnan, Lakshmy; Murphy, Noela

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ERIC Number: EJ485102

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Assessing Technical Writing at Tertiary Level: Implications for English Language and Engineering Lecturers.

Krishnan, Lakshmy; Murphy, Noela

Guidelines, v15 n2 p86-96 Dec 1993

In a Singapore study of the evaluation of engineering students' writing, engineering lecturers and language lecturers marked scripts differently. Analysis showed that engineering lecturers placed more emphasis on students' understanding of a process rather than their expression of that understanding. (Contains 13 references.) (LB)

Descriptors: Engineering Education, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Interrater Reliability, Language Skills, Language Teachers, Postsecondary Education, Scoring, Technical Education, Technical Writing, Writing Evaluation, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Singapore

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