LAC distributes handout with suggested timeline and a preliminary grading checklist. LAC grades submissions, requiring failing students to revise and resubmit. LAC holds lecture-workshop geared to solving problems with the first proposals. Students write a 5-page assessment of the proposals they receive, selecting one as the best. LAC evaluates assignment.
Professor returns assignment to student.
Students stand to gain 20 points. This revised writing assignment plan will require more effort from the engineering professor and the writing instructors, but the students stand to gain practical experience in evaluating options in situations where there is more than one plausible answer.