Guidelines for communication and engineering problem solving at the basic level

The study assesses the value of including a communications component in engineering courses that concentrate on basic handwritten mathematical analysis. From examination of past material, a tutorial was developed which was presented to students involved in the study. Examples of some pitfalls and &q...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on professional communication 1999-09, Vol.42 (3), p.156-165
Main Author: Bridgwood, M.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charts
Communication, education, history, and philosophy
Communication. Information transfer
Cures
Curricula, teaching methods, strategies, theory of testing, evaluation
Education
Engineering
Engineering profession
Error analysis
Exact sciences and technology
Frequency
Guidelines
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Library and information science. General aspects
Marketing and sales
Mathematical analysis
Mnemonics
Physics
Power engineering and energy
Problem solving
Sciences and techniques of general use
Statistics
Students
Studies
Technical communication
Training
Writing
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Summary:The study assesses the value of including a communications component in engineering courses that concentrate on basic handwritten mathematical analysis. From examination of past material, a tutorial was developed which was presented to students involved in the study. Examples of some pitfalls and "cures" in the communication of basic mathematical analysis are given. Guidelines for structuring mathematical handwritten material are explained and summarized by the mnemonic "VIDEOGRAM". The results of the study are presented in the form of relative frequency charts taken from anonymous student evaluations. These statistics show that there is considerable student support for the approach, A majority indicated that the techniques learned would have value beyond the university.
ISSN:0361-1434
1558-1500
DOI:10.1109/47.784567