The purpose of the final project report is to communicate the results of research. This document serves as a guide to the preparation of final reports on research in vocational-technical education. Close cooperation between the principal investigator and Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) staff assigned to the project can resolve many report writing…

A 45-hour three-unit course in research design, data collection techniques, and research report writing was prepared and taught to vocational/technology instructors. The course emphasized the relationship of design and data to the final reports in terms of techniques used. As a result of teaching the course, a second syllabus was developed…

These proceedings are based on edited transcripts of a meeting of representatives from the Society for Technical Communication, the National Science Foundation, the Argonne Center for Educational Affairs, 15 universities, and two community colleges, 9-11 April 1975. In panels and conferences, the participants discussed fund raising, the…

Describes a management communication course that programs class activities but not individual student participation, delegating some routine activities to students and enabling teachers to handle larger classes. Discusses the workbook and assignment structure, evaluation and grading procedures, and positive student evaluations of the course. (RL)

Shows that foreign students frequently need special help with English and tells how a university organized a remedial writing program for foreign students who demonstrate a deficiency in technical writing skills. (GW)

Rates instructional quality as average or above. Suggests decreases in lecture time and increases in small-group discussions, individualized instruction, student presentations, and the treatment of specific communication skills. (RL)

Defines "Techlish" as a wordy, awkward form of English prevalent in technical reports. Supplies numerous verbose examples and suggestions for avoiding this downfall. (CP)

Sequence signals may be defined as linguistic forms that ostensively mark connections and relationships between one part of a piece of continuous writing and another. This study demonstrates that a wide range of sequence signals occur in technical writing, and hence must be taught to students who read technical English. (Author)

Discusses business communication problems and the development of communication skills in bank management personnel. (RL)

Describes a method for using the press release to introduce basic technical writing principles and increase students' writing confidence. Includes lecture format and writing assignment. (HTH)

Presents reasons and methods for including numerous reading assignments when teaching technical writing to engineering students. (RAE)

Medical schools were surveyed to determine which types of medical writing are important for physicians, house officers, and medical students to learn and whether they are formally taught. The four most important types were patient history and physical examination, progress note and discharge summary, peer-reviewed publication, and grant proposal.…

Defines the four phases of the process approach to writing instruction--prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. Argues that more emphasis should be placed on process, rather than strategy, in business writing texts. (JD)

Indicates that both novices and experts considered (1) definitions more important than facts, though novices applied this rule more strongly, and (2) information high in the passage hierarchy more important than lower level information. Finds that hierarchical level has a greater effect on the perceived importance of definition than facts. (JD)

Describes an in-house technical writing course that can test theories about the teaching of writing, reveal factors within the workplace that affect writing tasks, and define objectives for future research in organizational communication. (SRT)