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Jordan, Michael P. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1986
Summarizes recent research into systems of lexical and grammatical cohesion in technical description. Discusses various methods by which technical writers "re-enter" the topic of description back into the text in successive sentences. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Descriptive Writing, Higher Education, Technical Writing
White, Jane F.; And Others – ABCA Bulletin, 1980
Presents a teaching assignment for business communication students involving library research and a process description assignment for technical writing students. (FL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Business Communication, Descriptive Writing, Higher Education
Smith, Marion K. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1979
Presents a way of teaching process explanation in a technical writing course. Urges that the assignment ask students to explain a process they have learned from experience or from observation. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Technical Writing
Coggin, William – Technical Writing Teacher, 1980
A college technical writing class project on preparing an instruction manual for a toy race-car set not only showed that the students recognized their audience and used appropriate language, but also provided subject matter for other coursework. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Descriptive Writing, Higher Education
Smith, Herb – Technical Writing Teacher, 1990
Describes the company profile case study approach to technical writing. Explains that groups of four students (1) select an industrywide classification, then select four firms from the chosen classification; (2) select audiences for their reports; (3) research individual companies and prepare group presentations; and (4) deliver group…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Criticism, Descriptive Writing
Rose, Mike – 1979
An examination of the written products and writing situations of a university reveals that virtually all of these writing tasks call for exposition, which further breaks down into the five components of seriation, classification, synthesis, compare/contrast, and analysis. These five components of expositional discourse form a set of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing, English Curriculum
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Kurth, Anita – Exercise Exchange, 1986
Presents a descriptive exercise, also useful for technical writing, that provides a real reader and a strong sense of the nature of descriptive writing. Students are given sketches of an art piece that they must describe for a museum for identification. (HTH)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
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Stent, Angela – Change, 1976
The establishment and role of the Writing Center at Harvard is described as a means of improving freshmen writing skills. Students receive personal consultation, attend a series of mini-courses, and participate in a series of lectures by faculty members from different departments about how to write for various disciplines. (LBH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, Descriptive Writing, Higher Education
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Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1989
Describes five activities for college writing courses: (1) sports as a literary topic; (2) paragraph descriptions of a favorite meal; (3) interdisciplinary team teaching in the humanities; (4) use of "real" letters and memoranda in a technical writing course; and (5) a word-strength chart for a poetry-writing class. (MM)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, College English, Descriptive Writing
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Gross, Deborah V.; Sis, Raymond F. – Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 1980
Common pitfalls in technical writing and how to avoid them are outlined. These pitfalls include goobledygook words and phrases, plodding style, failure to follow the prescribed format for publication or proposals, misuse of words, inconsistencies, and failure to edit or proofread adequately. (MSE)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Editing, English for Special Purposes, Higher Education
Roundy, Nancy – Technical Writing Teacher, 1982
Describes a pedagogical approach to teaching composition, based on research indicating that inexperienced writers have undeveloped composing processes. Presents a sample lesson for describing an item that gives technical writing students knowledge of how they write and introduces them to strategies for mastering the composing process. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Descriptive Writing, Higher Education, Skill Development
Master, Peter – 1981
Suggestions are presented to assist the nontechnically trained English as a second language teacher to create a syllabus for a technical writing course for foreign students who are studying science and technology. The syllabus for the English for Science and Technology (EST) writing course is based on the format of technical writing derived from…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Descriptive Writing, English for Special Purposes