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ATTRIBUTE 7 AND ASSESSING WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ENGINEERING

This paper will focus on Attribute 7,“Communication Skills” – and, specifically, on writtenassignments. This paper has grown out of twoinitiatives, one at my institution and one undertakenindependently as part of a national study. For thefaculty-wide initiative, we are preparing rubrics thatcan be u...

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