About

This guide is the product of multi-year study of engineering student transfer of writing skills from preparatory college writing courses to early engineering laboratory writing. It is informed by multiple measures of student writing performance in laboratories taught with and without attention to writing instruction. 

The Instructor's Guide to Engineering Lab Writing has been created to support instructors who wish to integrate writing in their engineering laboratory courses more intentionally and use a Student's Guide to Engineering Lab Writing. 

The Research Team

The research team is composed of engineering and writing faculty from three institutions:

Dave Kim - Washington State University-Vancouver

Wendy Olson - Washington State University-Vancouver

John Lynch - Washington State University-Vancouver

C.J. Riley - Oregon Institute of Technology

Sean St.Clair - Oregon Institute of Technology

Franny Howes - Oregon Institute of Technology

Ken Lulay - University of Portland

Research Products

https://peer.asee.org/improving-student-lab-report-writing-performances-in-materials-and-manufacturing-laboratory-courses-by-implementing-a-rhetorical-approach-to-writing

https://peer.asee.org/a-preliminary-study-on-supporting-writing-transfer-in-an-introductory-engineering-laboratory-course

https://peer.asee.org/investigating-the-effect-of-engineering-undergraduates-writing-transfer-modes-on-lab-report-writing-in-entry-level-engineering-lab-courses

https://peer.asee.org/undergraduates-perspectives-on-readiness-writing-transfer-and-effectiveness-of-writing-instructions-in-engineering-lab-report-writing

https://peer.asee.org/work-in-progress-supporting-engineering-laboratory-report-writing-with-modules-targeted-for-instructors

https://peer.asee.org/preliminary-investigation-of-undergraduate-students-zone-of-proximal-development-zpd-in-writing-lab-reports-in-entry-level-engineering-laboratory-courses-at-three-universities

https://peer.asee.org/perspectives-and-practices-of-undergraduate-graduate-teaching-assistants-on-writing-pedagogical-knowledge-and-lab-report-evaluation-in-engineering-laboratory-courses

https://peer.asee.org/multidimensional-linguistic-analysis-of-multiple-undergraduate-writing-samples-collected-from-engineering-students-in-entry-level-laboratory-courses-at-three-universities

https://peer.asee.org/board-73-professional-development-workshop-to-promote-writing-transfer-between-first-year-composition-and-introductory-engineering-laboratory-courses

https://peer.asee.org/how-engineering-students-draw-conclusions-from-lab-reports-and-design-project-reports-in-junior-level-engineering-courses