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The Development of a Project-Based Collaborative Technical Writing Model Founded on Learner Feedback in a Tertiary Aeronautical Engineering Program
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Tatzl, Dietmar; Hassler, Wolfgang; Messnarz, Bernd; Fluhr, Holger – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2012
The present article describes and evaluates collaborative interdisciplinary group projects initiated by content lecturers and an English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) instructor for the purpose of teaching technical writing skills in an aeronautical engineering degree program. The proposed technical writing model is assessed against the results of a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technical Writing, Writing Skills, Collaborative Writing
Global Thinking, or the Utility of Trivia.
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Harris, John S. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2001
Suggests the case of the British Westland Lysander P12 Ground Strafer aircraft illustrates the problem of narrow thinking. Claims that had the initial designers approached the problem in a broad way, they would have seen in advance that the project would fail. Concludes the case is instructive as an industrial problem, but it also demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, Aviation Vocabulary, Global Approach, Higher Education