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Olds, Barbara M. – 1987
Noting that technically competent graduates of professional schools need additional skills to function effectively in an increasingly complex and global society, this paper describes an innovative program in technical writing developed for undergraduate engineering students at the Colorado School of Mines. The paper first provides background…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Content, Educational Innovation, Engineering Education
Brown, Marion; And Others – 1980
The English department of a technical college has developed a writing program that uses real audiences and real situations to better prepare students for the communication requirements of their professions. The exercises for each class are focused on the course content. In an advanced technical communication course, senior design, the students are…
Descriptors: Assignments, Audiences, Course Content, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedHocker, Janis; Dempsey, Bobby – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1994
Discusses the training skills, course content, and methodology needed to create a good business writing program for a company. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Course Content, Industrial Training, On the Job Training
Carson, David L., Ed. – 1978
Prepared by representatives of industry, government, and the educational community, the papers in this collection were drawn from a conference that addressed a variety of issues of interest to the field of technical communication. Specific topics discussed in the papers are as follows: (1) the role of the Society for Technical Communication in…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computers, Course Content, Design
