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Eleanor McElwee and the Formation of IEEE PCS
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Malone, Edward A. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2015
This article examines the historical professional project that created the Institute of Radio Engineers' Professional Group on Engineering Writing an Speech (IRE PGEWS)--now called the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Professional Communication Society (IEEE PCS)--and recounts the group's early history in detail. It also traces…
Descriptors: Engineering, History, Profiles, Professional Occupations
Strategies for Removing Ambiguity in Technical Writing.
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Rodman, Lilita – 1979
Maintaining that two kinds of ambiguity--ambiguous prepositional phrases and ambiguous modification of conjoined elements--account for a large number of ambiguous sentences in technical writing, this paper presents an algebraic analysis of each kind of ambiguity. It then suggests a number of ways in which each ambiguity may be unclear. By using…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Communication Skills, Editing, Grammar
Written Communications and the School Administrator.
Joyce, Audrey B. – 1990
Aimed at assisting school administrators in writing letters, memos, reports, grant proposals, press releases, summaries, research papers, and other types of documents, this book is organized into three parts. Part 1 covers activities conducted before drafting the document. Following an introductory chapter reviewing four stages of the writing…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Science Writing Techniques and Methods: What the Research Tells Us.
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Bowes, John E.; Stamm, Keith R. – 1978
Research on the effectiveness of science writing can be considered in three categories: audience characteristics, effects of scientific communication, and source/receiver relations. Audience research indicates that interest in problems may vary according to proximity to the problem, demographic criteria, and level of general concern with social…
Descriptors: Audiences, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Academic Technical Communication Programs: Meeting Changing Demands.
Coggin, William O. – 1983
As changing and increasingly more specialized technologies take over many of the mechanical functions once performed by either technical communicators or users of material prepared by technical communicators, communicators are faced with greater and more complex responsibilities. For example, the advent of more sophisticated computer use in…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computers, Editing, Education Work Relationship
Conference of Directors of Technical Communication Programs Proceedings (St. Paul, Minnesota, March 21-23, 1974).
Pearsall, Thomas E., Ed. – 1974
Drawn from a conference that addressed the problems and challenges facing technical communication educators, the papers in this collection deal in general with career opportunities and educational programs in technical communication. Specifically, the papers discuss the following topics: (1) internship programs and job interviews at Rensselaer…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Communication Skills, Editing, Education Work Relationship
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Proceedings (5th, Troy, New York, April 19-21, 1978).
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