A comparison of practitioner and student writing in civil engineering

S Conrad - Journal of Engineering Education, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Numerous studies have identified a gap between the writing skills of
engineering program graduates and the demands of writing in the workplace; however, few …

Engineered accents: International teaching assistants and their microaggression learning in engineering departments

VA Ramjattan - Teaching in Higher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
International teaching assistants (ITAs) are criticized for having 'unintelligible'accents for
professional communication in Global North English-medium universities. Furthermore, this …

New engineers' transfer of communication activities from school to work

JD Ford, M Paretti, D Kotys-Schwartz… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background: Communication is critical to engineering work, and despite its emphasis within
engineering education, it is still noted as a gap in new engineers' preparedness for work …

Engineering instructors on writing: Perceptions, practices, and needs

NT Buswell, BK Jesiek, CD Troy… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background: With communication skills deemed increasingly important for engineering
graduates, we wanted to understand how writing is currently included in engineering …

Beliefs in engineering education research: A systematic scoping review for studying beliefs beyond the most popular constructs

A Kramer, A Leonard, R Desing… - Journal of Engineering …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Beliefs are a complex research construct with deep connections to innumerable
different research areas and agendas. Engineering education researchers are increasingly …

Faculty and student perceptions of the impacts of communication in the disciplines (CID) on students' development as engineers

MC Paretti, A Eriksson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background: Research suggests that communication instruction is particularly effective
when situated in disciplinary courses. While studies show that this approach improves …

Genre maps as a method to visualize engineering writing and argumentation patterns

CGP Berdanier - Journal of Engineering Education, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Graduate engineering students are required to write for academic audiences;
however, very few engineering programs teach engineering academic writing, and similarly …

Sociotechnical communication in engineering: An exploration and unveiling of common myths

JA Leydens - Sociotechnical Communication in Engineering, 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
Sociotechnical communication in engineering: an exploration and unveiling of common myths
Page 1 Sociotechnical communication in engineering: an exploration and unveiling of common …

The what–how–why of English in the workplace: perspectives from Turkish engineers

A Çal, W Admiraal, T Mearns - European Journal of Engineering …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This research focuses on the role of English for engineers in the workplace in Turkey, with
the aim of informing engineering programs to better equip prospective engineers with …

Two worlds apart? Engineering students' perceptions of workplace English

A Çal, T Mearns, W Admiraal - Business and Professional …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aims to explore to what extent engineering students' perceptions of the role of
English in the workplace are affected by their internship and field of study. Previous research …