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| Technical Writing Teacher | 9 |
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| Bankston, Dorothy | 1 |
| Book, Virginia | 1 |
| Bostian, Frieda F. | 1 |
| Chaffee, Patricia | 1 |
| Cook, John M. | 1 |
| Guinn, Dorothy Margaret | 1 |
| Jordan, Michael P. | 1 |
| Rosner, Mary | 1 |
| Rutter, Russell | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 8 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 4 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Bostian, Frieda F. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1983
Explores the use of Strunk and White's "Elements of Style" as a tool for teaching editing skills to technical writing students. Discusses a procedure for and likely results of using this work in the classroom. (HTH)
Descriptors: Editing, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods
Chaffee, Patricia – Technical Writing Teacher, 1983
Explores the relationship between technical writers and their editors, suggesting ways to defuse defensive attitudes. Recommends providing students opportunities to edit other students' works to learn first hand the sensitivities inherent to the author/editor relationship. (HTH)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Editing, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Guinn, Dorothy Margaret – Technical Writing Teacher, 1986
Suggests that technical writing students need to be introduced to four important job-oriented concepts: (1) sleuthing (to pinpoint and correct questionable materials); (2) diplomacy (to handle sensitive authors); (3) scheduling (to estimate the time involved to complete a job accurately); and (4) budgeting (to determine job costs). (HTH)
Descriptors: Editing, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Job Skills
Bankston, Dorothy; And Others – Technical Writing Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Business Communication, Editing, Language Styles
Rutter, Russell – Technical Writing Teacher, 1980
Outlines a three-part diagnostic unit that tells the technical writing teacher what students need to know while showing students what technical writing is. Divides the unit into (1) troubleshooting a poor report, (2) exchanging and comparing revised reports, and (3) followup activities. (RL)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Editing, Higher Education, Student Characteristics
Jordan, Michael P. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1986
Describes an editing assignment in which senior engineering students use their knowledge of non-finite clauses (both restrictive and non-restrictive) to achieve concise mature writing. Explains the linguistic background provided to students before the assignment, gives details of the published "answer guide" and the exercise, and…
Descriptors: Editing, Higher Education, Revision (Written Composition), Sentences
Cook, John M. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1983
Advocates emphasizing the reader-writer relationship and the context of editor to facilitate the objectivity and distance technical writing students need to revise effectively. Suggests providing technical writing students with an opportunity to work with others writing in an editorial capacity to help them better understand this relationship.…
Descriptors: Editing, Higher Education, Objectivity, Peer Evaluation
Rosner, Mary – Technical Writing Teacher, 1982
Describes the development and use of sentence combining exercises at a midwestern university and presents the results of a test to determine the effects of the exercises on syntactic maturity and mechanics. (HTH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Editing
Book, Virginia – Technical Writing Teacher, 1985
Cites bibliographies, books, and reviews of books on communication and works on technical communication theory and instruction. (HTH)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Course Descriptions
