An Inter-Disciplinary Approach to the Development of Writing Skills in Computer Science Students

Abstract

This paper describes an inter-departmental solution to the traditionally poorly-written computer science term paper. A student questionnaire identified common anxieties of topic selection, library research, format, and organization, which were addressed in a three-part project that cuhrtinated in a final paper, Unique in this solution was the English and computer science collaboration that resulted in non-traditional solutions to traditional problems. © 1993, ACM. All rights reserved.