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Minor, Dennis E. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1975
Describes a technical writing course that meets the needs of students in English and the sciences. (RB)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Smith, Barbara – Technical Writing Teacher, 1981
Offers advice on how to incorporate assignments in formal and semiformal oral communication into the technical writing course. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBullock, Richard H. – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Describes a writing assignment for business writing courses in which the class investigates a problem that affects them not as students but as members of a larger community. The assignment is a feasibility study for developing Athens, Ohio, as an arts and entertainment center. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
Download full textStevenson, Dwight W., Ed. – 1981
This anthology contains 21 articles on teaching methods and assignments in technical writing. The anthology is divided into three major sections. The first section, "Courses," presents plans for alternative approaches to the teaching of technical writing. The second section, "Components," offers a variety of activities for major segments within a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Organization
Kelton, Robert W. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1983
Describes the phases of a data processing project used to help computer science students become better writers. (FL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Science, Course Content, Data Processing
Peer reviewedTippens, Dora – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1993
Claims that technical or business communications courses need to be interculturalized to prepare students for the global marketplace. Defines three problems: ethnocentrism, language barriers, and cultural differences. Provides strategies, assignments, and resources for implementing an interculturalized communications course. (HB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Class Activities, Course Content
Peer reviewedHall, Dean G.; Nelson, Bonnie A. – Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1990
Proposes that technical-writing teachers have the responsibility to sensitize students to sexist language, and describes how that language violates professional ethical practices. Demonstrates how technical-writing texts trivialize sexist language. Suggests methods and resources for teachers to use in the classroom. (KEH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business Communication, Class Activities, Communication Research
