Writing Guidelines
for Engineering and Science Students

These resources are intended to help you, the instructor, incorporate writing and speaking assignments into your engineering or science courses. Included are resources for the design of writing assignments, the interactive teaching of writing, and the evaluation of writing assignments.

Introduction

Design of Writing Assignments

Writing Constraints for Laboratory Reports

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

Writing Checklist for Laboratory Reports

Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech

Interactive Teaching of Writing

Teaching Students How to Illustrate Documents

Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Classroom Exercises for Teaching Style and Form

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

Teaching Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

Teaching Sentence Variety

Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech

Presentation Slides to Teach Writing

Michael Alley, Virginia Tech

Presentation Slides to Teach Presentations

Michael Alley, Virginia Tech

Interactive Teaching of Writing

Evaluating the Writing (Instructor's Perspective)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

Evaluating the Writing (Students' Perspective)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

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