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Rice-Bailey, Tammy; Baker, Kimberly S. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2017
This article describes an interdisciplinary partnership that resulted in the introduction of a writing coach into an MBA class on critical and analytical thinking. By examining the response to this role by the writing coaches themselves and by the students enrolled in three sections of this new course, this exploratory study endeavors to answer…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Partnerships in Education
Anderson, W. Steve – 1987
A Master of Arts in Technical and Expository Writing program has been implemented in the English department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Designed to make future teachers and technical writers into better writers, the program gives them a larger view of the writing process in which they are participating. Three required courses…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Linguistic Theory
Packer, Barbara – 1995
This practicum sought to improve the clinical writing skills of speech-language pathology graduate students, through the development and implementation of a pilot course. The problem of poor or inadequate clinical report writing skills resulted in an excessive time lapse between client contact and receipt of a final clinical report documenting…
Descriptors: Documentation, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Programs
Favre, Betty Atkinson – 1991
The Technical-Professional Communication (TPC) Option at Maryland's Frostburg State University is a response to the growing demand from government, business, and industry to prepare MBAs to meet the high performance requirements of managers who must communicate and communicators who must manage. Students taking this 15-hour writing-intensive…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Curriculum, Graduate Study
Book, Virginia A., Ed. – 1981
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. The 11 papers discuss the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study
Kelley, Patrick M., Ed.; Samuels, Marilyn Schauer, Ed. – 1984
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. The topics of the 19 papers include the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study
Jones, G. H.; Steinberg, E. R. – 1987
The Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) offered by Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) is designed for students who want careers as document designers in industry and government, where they will plan, write, and evaluate computer manuals and on-line documentation, training and instructional materials, technical reports, and a wide…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Oriented Programs, Degree Requirements, Graphic Arts
Kelley, Patrick M., Ed.; And Others – 1982
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. Among the topics discussed in the 17 articles are…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Programs
Maylath, Bruce, Ed. – 2002
This proceedings presents 43 papers delivered at the 2001 annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC). Papers in the proceedings include the following: "Act IV: On Being Less Invisible" (Bill Karis); "Building a Community of Professional Communicators by Mapping Needs and Assets"…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change