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

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 und...

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Published inGuidelines Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 86
Main Authors Krishnan, Lakshmy, Murphy, Noela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.1993
Subjects
Engineering Education
English for Science and Technology
Foreign Countries
Interrater Reliability
Language Skills
Language Teachers
Postsecondary Education
Scoring
Singapore
Technical Education
Technical Writing
Writing Evaluation
Writing Skills
Singapore
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Summary: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)
ISSN:0129-7767