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Karmas, Cristina – Online Submission, 2011
To succeed as tomorrow's workers in the knowledge society of the new century--a world characterized by ceaseless change, boundless knowledge and endless doubt, today's business writing students must develop the skills and traits needed to become creative problem-solvers, flexible team-players and risk-taking life-time learners (Bereiter, 2002a).…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Business Communication, Learning Readiness, Learning Strategies
Olson, Bruce T. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1981
Describes a writing exercise in law enforcement report writing--writing a report based on a crime photograph--and discusses 10 writing problems revealed by this exercise. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Police, Police Education, Postsecondary Education
Turk, Leonard – Technical Writing Teacher, 1982
Discusses methods to lend more realism to the technical writing classroom: (1) role playing, in which a report is written for someone other than the teacher; (2) presenting proposals orally at a party; (3) presenting a problem for students to solve through research; and (4) creating an advertising poster on a topic students know little about to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Kelton, Robert W. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1981
Presents an assignment that helps technical writing students develop skills in preparing literature reviews. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
Rosner, Mary; Paul, Terri – 1981
In spite of the growth in popularity of sentence combining over the last 20 years, few teachers use it in technical writing classes, either because the exercises are inappropriate or because teachers fear that sentence combining will teach students to write longer rather than better sentences. Sentence combining can, however, teach technical…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition, Sentence Combining
McGuire, Peter J. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1981
Solves the problem of student diversity in technical writing courses by proposing a thematic approach to course content, with appropriate materials arranged in a classroom library of case studies. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Course Content

Morgan, Marilyn R. P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1997
Discusses how to teach a first-year composition course, expository writing, required of most students at Rensselaer Polytechnic. Considers how to motivate students and help them to see connections between writing and their technical work. Offers various techniques for getting the students to write comfortably. (PA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Hertz, Vivienne Lucas – 1981
Technical communication teachers need to recognize the increasing diversity of their classroom populations and become more flexible in planning curricula without "watering down" students' expectations to leave the courses more skilled than they were upon entering. Teachers should discuss with students some of their writing barriers and the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Stevenson, 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
Gilsdorf, Jeanette W. – ABCA Bulletin, 1983
Describes a business communications class assignment to complete an annotated bibliography on high technology communication and its objectives. Includes questions discussed by the class on the due date of the assignment. (HTH)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Assignments, Business Communication, Business Education
Mascolini, Marcia V.; Freeman, Caryl P. – 1982
The case method seems particularly useful in helping college students to overcome anxiety about writing and even in persuading them that writing is a "real-world" skill that they can master just as they would any other skill. It has the further advantages of integrating reading and writing and of allowing students to develop and use…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Classroom Techniques

Rileigh, Kathryn K. – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
A five-stage process for faculty management of college research paper assignments is outlined. Students are instructed in gathering sources, organizing findings, and using standard format. Progress is closely monitored and specific feedback given. A study of student reaction to the technique found it well received and contributing to student…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Feedback

Bean, Kathleen S. – Journal of Legal Education, 1987
One law teacher uses writing assignments in a domestic relations course to teach the law, teach students how to think, and teach how to begin a legal task when it is not clear where to start. Students draft a petition for a dissolution and a letter to a client advising of the likely property settlement. (MSE)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Divorce, Educational Objectives
Neff, Bonita Dostal – 1990
Many communication majors expect to do little written communication, since skill in oral communication is more developed if not preferred. Before a student writes or becomes engaged in the rational and logical process of evaluating writing, he or she is in the stage of clearing the mind for action. A non-rationalistic approach to writing seeks to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
McKee, Macey Blackburn – MEXTESOL Journal, 1984
Observation and investigation indicate that academic writing tasks are generally quite different from those required in standard English composition courses, with respect to both process and product. Writing instruction in English as a second language should prepare students for subject-matter writing tasks, focusing less on pure composition.…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Essays
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