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Peer reviewedPomerenke, Paula J. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1986
Describes a writing assignment designed to aid students' perception of audience, purpose, format, vocabulary, pertinent information, and peer editing. Establishes a framework for both independent student research and group work and revision. Encourages students to establish a rapport with groups to evaluate the writing's content, presentation,…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCurry, Jerome – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1987
Offers a strategy for having composition students write a clear, complete set of instructions for performing some task, while eliminating the possibility for plagiarism and collaboration. (JC)
Descriptors: College Students, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Plagiarism
Peer reviewedChristian, Rod – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1987
Presents an effective strategy for having business writing students create drafts of their work, so that final copies of assignments receive better grades, and students subsequently feel better about the class. (JC)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Outlining (Discourse)
Peer reviewedWilkinson, Dorothy C.; Loomis, Betty M. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1987
Describes a group exercise whose goal was to reinforce students' ability to write--and to recognize--organized, easily readable, business reports which use graphic aids as supplements to words. (NKA)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business English, College Curriculum, Group Experience
Peer reviewedSteuhler, David M. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1986
Focusing on process description, provides a step-by-step class presentation of an assignment given to a technical writing class that uses a computer program to teach instructions. Discusses the assignment's benefits to class discussion, the editing session, and the writing produced. (JD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
