Patent Writing as a Heuristic for Teaching Technical Description.

Norman, Rose

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ERIC Number: EJ397634

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Publication Date: 1989

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Patent Writing as a Heuristic for Teaching Technical Description.

Norman, Rose

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, v3 n2 p64-77 Sep 1989

Examines how patent specifications can be used as structural models for teaching technical description-writing. Describes a series of writing assignments to introduce patents to undergraduate technical-writing students. (MM)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Patents, Technical Writing, Writing Exercises, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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