Communication Handouts for Courses in Engineering and Science

This web-site presents materials to help instructors in engineering and science incorporate writing and presentation assignments into their courses. Presented in Table 1 is a set of materials for incorporating writing assignments. Table 2 presents a similar set of materials for incorporating presentations. Please feel free to download these templates and to modify them to suit your course. However, when distributing these handouts to other instructors, please give credit to the author: Michael Alley, College of Engineering, Penn State. Table 1. Handouts for Incorporating Writing into Engineering and Science Courses. Evaluation Criteria for Writing Criteria for evaluating the style and form of student writing Rubric for Evaluating Writing Rubric for evaluating the style and form of writing Teaching Slides on Evaluation Criteria Teaching slides that explain criteria for evaluating the style and form of student writing Gray Areas Clarification of positions by instructors on gray-area issues of writing Template for Formal Report Template for an engineering formal report (with imbedded comments on style and format) Grading Tips Suggestions to GTAs and senior graders on how to evaluate writing Positive Comments on Grading Suggestions for different positive comments that can be given to students about their writing Table 2. Handouts for Incorporating Presentations into Engineering and Science Courses. Evaluation Criteria for Presentations Criteria for how group presentations will be evaluated Rubric for Evaluating Team Presentations Rubric for evaluating team presentations Peer Critique of Presentations Peer critique forms for presentations by student groups Web-Site on Teaching Slide Design Web-Site for teaching the assertion-evidence structure of slides Teaching Slides on Slide Design Slides for teaching the assertion-evidence structure of slides Template for Presentation Slides PowerPoint template for a set of assertion-evidence slides in an engineering presentation (with note pages on style and format)

Originated: 09/2006 Last updated: 12/2008 http://writing.engr.psu.edu/handouts/