Provides rules to help engineers develop an effective writing style. Wordiness, verb usage (considering direct and buried verbs), the passive voice in scientific writing, sentence length, and the use/misuse of negatives are considered. Numerous examples are provided to illustrate the points being made. (JN)

Describes "Research in Technical Communication" as a superb resource appropriate for anyone interested in business, technical, even legal communication. Notes that the book contains a wealth of bibliographic citations as well as comprehensive coverage of a diversity of topics. (JD)

Provides an overview of technical writing as a career, specifically origins of the area of technical communication, job opportunities, salaries, training and experience, and types of work available. (SRT)

Points out problems with using the case approach in the classroom to duplicate real business situations. Discusses the advantages of using student experiences that are analogous to those instructors attempt to reproduce in the classroom. (EL)

Examined the preferences of school psychologists and school staff for reports varied in respect to organization as reflected in expert versus novice problem-solving strategies. The results indicate a preference across all professional groups for the traditionally organized school psychological report. (Author/BL)

Explores the use of metaphor and personification in the "classics" of scientific and technical writing, and the current resistance to creativity in scientific writing. Suggests familiarizing students with the role of metaphor in scientific creativity. (HTH)

Addresses these questions: (1) What are conference proceedings? (2) Why are they prepared? and (3) How are they prepared? Explains that, for editors, the processes of preparing conference proceedings has three major components: planning the proceedings, selecting the content, and processing the proceedings. (EL)

Presents a list of ways to forestall student attempts to submit "recycled" papers, including requiring in-class assignments, joint reports, copies of reports, and a filing system for student reports. (EL)

Provides information on current and anticipated course offerings, programs, and workshops or seminars in technical communication at 30 colleges. (FL)

Contrasts scholarship in technical communication with that in literary studies. (HOD)

Discusses S. I. Hayakawa's contributions to the literature of semantics and explains how these relate to technical and business writing. Shows how to adapt Hayakawa's scholarship to teaching. (FL)

Describes the practice of corporate speechwriting, notes the increase in demand for speechwriters by businesses, and discusses the qualifications for such jobs. (FL)

Discusses the problems presented by the plain language bill proposed for use in Pennsylvania. (FL)

Discusses common legal issues in business communication, showing their complexity, and provides guiding principles rather than a list of do's and don'ts for business correspondence. (HTH)

Investigated the use of computer assisted instruction in training rehabilitation students (N=30) in writing evaluation reports. Results showed students who learned the concepts of report writing with a computer based tutorial performed significantly better on a test than students who received a lecture on the material. (JAC)