Integrating Technical Editing Students into a Multidisciplinary Engineering Project
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Norman, Rose L. and Robert A. Frederick
Technical Communication Quarterly
2000

Abstract:

A three-year experiment in integrating technical editing students into a multidisciplinary engineering design project developed several ways of helping students apply classroom learning to practical problems. Each year, the engineering students formed Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and the technical editing students provided editorial support, first as full members of IPTs, then as separate editorial support teams. Research from cooperative learning and teamwork indicates strategies and techniques for best integrating the technical editing students.