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Peer reviewedSmith, Robert E., III – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1991
Notes that students new to technical writing frequently have difficulty grasping the essentiality of technical definitions and learning how to create appropriate definitions. Suggests that exercises centered around a term that is lapsing into obsolescence offer some productive solutions to this common instructional problem. (RS)
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Obsolescence, Teaching Methods
