Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

Jenna Terry; Paul Ruchhoeft

“underprepared” upon universityadmission achieved final grades at or above the mean final grade of their “prepared”peers. This model has been adapted for English as a Second Language (ESL) compositioncourses, with similar results.Effective Writing is Discipline-SpecificEffective communication is the expressed goal of writing instruction. However, asintellectual demands change by discipline, rules, practices, and values of writing alsochange. In response to the need for discipline specific assistance in writing and with thesupport of the Provost’s Office, the WID program was established in Fall 2002 within theWriting Center. Whereas the Writing Consultant model addresses the diversity ofacademic preparedness among students with individualized programs of

Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor; Paul Ruchhoeft

. One of the aspects of engineering design that sets it apart from design in manyother disciplines is analysis. We wanted to assure that our designs were based on goodengineering analysis and produced a satisfactory artifact.Demonstration of a Successful DesignValidation of the product of the design is an important part of the design process. Weprefer projects that result in an artifact that can be tested (validated). The question is whatto do about artifacts that fail their “test”, about teams that fail to produce a testable artifactand about projects that, by definition, will not produce an “artifact.”Quality Evaluation and Feedback for Writing and Oral AssignmentsGrading assignments is of course required. “Quality” evaluation and useful