Teaching students the verticality of technical documentation. (Special...

Technical Communication;  May 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......particular technical writing form, the instructor enables students to concentrate...To offer students in my advanced technical writing seminar experience...the seminar students seriously consider technical writing as their future...

The Elements of Technical Writing. (Book Reviews).

Technical Communication;  May 1, 2003 ;     419 words ......USD (softcover).] The elements of technical writing by Thomas E. Pearsall begins with...preface includes a basic definition of technical writing-- writing about subjects in technical...current information in the changing technical writing arena, listing several specific changes...

Technical Writing: Process and Product.

Technical Communication;  August 1, 2003 ;     479 words ......softcover).] Students enrolled in an introductory technical writing course will be...objectives of technical writing as clarity, conciseness...examples on which students can model their...variety of formats. Technical writing: Process and...be useful to students ...

Drawing on technical writing scholarship for the teaching of writing to...

Technical Communication;  February 1, 2004 ;     109 words ......Zielinska. 2003. Journal of technical writing and communication 33, no...The article outlines the technical writing tutorial (TWT) that preceded...ESL visiting course for students of English Philology at...This result indicates that technical writing books and journals ...

Spurious Coin: A History of Science, Management, and Technical Writing....

Technical Communication;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......95 USD (softcover).] Students and practitioners of...science, management, and technical writing should now be on university...about explaining to students why so many tech comm...irritation that virtually all technical writing textbooks began by apologizing...daunting task of putting ...

Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists.

Technical Communication;  May 1, 2005 ;     620 words ......university-level technical writing classes? One example...own field. Most students are not familiar...Pocket book of technical writing for engineers...for engineering students within a specialized course or for students who plan a career...all-around general technical ...

Using technical writing to enhance self-esteem. (includes related article...

Technical Communication;  August 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......specifically applies to technical writing; the elements in...tactic of teaching technical writing is to regard it as...iter's part. This makes technical writing an ideal method for...most effective when students have absolute performance...103]. The use of technical ...

Teaching technical writing through e-mail: making hyperspace...

Technical Communication;  November 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......university course on technical writing through e-mail. I e-...Discussion List, which students and instructors use...practicing professionals of technical writing in industries and...on-the-job expertise to the students as they work through...usual sequence in the technical ...

Technical Writing for Success.

Technical Communication;  August 1, 2005 ;     490 words ...Technical Writing for Success Darlene Smith-Worthingt...This second edition of Technical writing for success is indeed...broad overview of the technical writing field. It also provides...dilemmas, which prompt students to think critically...s a great example of technical ...

An integrated approach to introducing research methods in required...

Business Communication Quarterly;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......instructors and their students to share responsibility...broad-based courses in which students begin focused practice in business and technical writing, instructors traditionally...entry-level graduate students, many of whom are...course of a term, for students to do a thorough ...

Strategies for Business and Technical Writing.

Technical Communication;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......program published for the mythical Technical Writing Hall of Fame, this book would serve...edition, Strategies for business and technical writing is stuffed with 32 selections, up...important issues in business and technical writing (p. xi). For many managers, teachers...

Conversations with Technical Writing Teachers: Defining a Problem....

Technical Communication;  May 1, 2003 ;     158 words ......topic that surfaces regularly among technical writing practitioners and theorists but is...teaching technology problematic for technical writing instructors? ... 64 ATTW members...queried on their roles as teachers of technical writing in relation to the demands made on...

Comments to comments: Teachers and students in written dialogue about...

Composition Studies;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......and analyze it. Anonymous Technical Writing Student Effective teacher feedback increases students' awareness of the choices...more effective text. As the technical writing student notes in the epigraph above, students are not typically required...teacher comments generally ask ...

'Make this simple test:' A lesson in ethics in the technical writing...

Technical Communication;  February 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Technical writing, perhaps even...That the area of technical writing, while necessarily...That teachers of technical writing may unconsciously pass on to students techniques and...challenge the technical writing teacher to introduce...boundaries of technical ...

Students taught tech at Purdue

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 27, 2001 ;     485 words ......than 100 high school students from Northwest Indiana learned about technical writing, desktop publishing...several of her best students took part in the fascinating...information about careers in technical writing as part of a grant from...