Cognitive foundations for teaching technical communication

The new ABET requirements, changing realities of the workplace, and growing awareness of language in the learning process place added emphasis on technical communication in the modern engineering curriculum. Concurrently, a rich body of research on the cognitive dimensions of communication has improved our understanding of how this complex process takes place. This proposed presentation discusses a junior-level course in which new cognitive theories are extended into robust pedagogy for teaching effective and efficient technical communication.