Learning styles and technical communication: improving communication and teamwork skills

Author

Sharp, Julie E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

4-7 Nov. 1998

Firstpage

512

Abstract

This paper presents a rationale and methods for teaching Kolb learning style theory in the technical communication classroom. Specifically, the author presents Kolb learning style theory and examples of applying it in two different courses, a technical communication course for engineering majors and a combined chemical engineering lab/technical communication course. In these courses, students use learning style theory to devise communication strategies and analyze lab group interaction.

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; laboratory techniques; professional communication; student experiments; Kolb learning style; chemical engineering laboratory; communication skills; communication strategies; engineering majors; laboratory group interaction; students; teamwork skills; technical communication course; Chemical engineering; Collaborative work; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Engineering students; Industrial training; Large scale integration; Professional communication; Shape; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998. FIE '98. 28th Annual

Conference_Location

Tempe, AZ, USA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4762-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1998.736906

Filename

736906