Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

students in at least 14 sections, it was apparent thatthis model would not work. So, two engineering librarians teamed up with the group ofinstructors to provide library information modules for the course.Technical writing is an essential skill for developing and practicing engineers. Engineering 101is a freshman-level engineering problem-solving course at WVU which requires students to writeat least two technical reports. Past experience indicates that students typically have difficultyunderstanding the function and content of the parts of a technical report, defining and avoidingplagiarism, evaluating the validity and veracity of online sources, and finding appropriatesources to use in research background information on an assigned topic. The