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Teaching writing in a laboratory‐based engineering course with a “How People Learn” framework
Author(s) -
Yalvac Bugrahan,
Smith H. David,
Hirsch Penny L.,
Birol Gülnor
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.256
Subject(s) - course (navigation) , compromise , computer science , mathematics education , teaching method , communication skills , multimedia , psychology , medical education , engineering , sociology , medicine , social science , aerospace engineering
Abstract This chapter discusses the effectiveness of an HPL framework used in a laboratory‐based, tissue‐engineering module designed in part to improve students' written communication skills. It illustrates a successful implementation of written communication instruction that does not compromise content knowledge instruction.