The engineering industry has recommended that Malaysian polytechnic engineering students improve their English Technical writing skills before they graduate. Thus, this research aimed to develop a Mini-Research Project (MRP) Module and examine its effect on English Technical writing competence in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitudes among engineering students in Malaysian polytechnics. The MRP Module was developed based on the adaptation of several theories and models, including ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) Instructional Design Model, Cognitive Process of Writing Theory, Canale and Swain of Communicative Competence Theory and Model, and Model of Technical Writing Domains. This study involved 134 engineering students from two conventional polytechnics in Malaysia, selected using multistage random sampling. The 134 subjects were selected from four classes which comprised two experimental groups and two control groups. The main effect .....

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