How to change a negative training lesson into a positive lesson through the use of student behavior, student ability, and student attitudes, by redesigning the lesson to emphasize and capitalize on recognition of positive attributes of the students. (RB)

Analyzes the writing processes of a businessman-engineer and discovers that not all of the generalizations about composing are borne out in the way the subject writes. (FL)

Describes the design of three types of resume: traditional, functional, and mixed; includes examples of a functional resume. (AEA)

Discusses the changes and doubts inherent in job searching of which business and technical communication teachers must be aware. Discusses strategies for using the business briefs section of the local newspaper as a source of employment "leads." (HTH)

Effective communication depends on several ingredients including an appropriate readability level and thorough analysis of the audience. Readability levels and audience analysis are discussed, with implications for researchers and other technical personnel. (MLW)

Recommends that teachers of technical writing take into consideration how real world writing is produced and disseminated and how it is affected by communications technology. (JL)

Describes a unit of instruction that involves the rhetorical situation of an in-class corporation to give students experience in abstract and report writing. (AEA)

The distinction between teaching the grammatical system in a simplified form and teaching the ways to use it is applied to teaching scientific writing in English. The specific language features referred to are differences in meaning resulting from grammatical choices and appropriateness of grammatical alternatives in a specific context.…

Examines the implicit, possibly unintentional, meanings embodied in some technical writing assignments. Discusses the conventions of plain technical writing, which underestimate its potential for communication. (HTH)

Presents a quiz on science and technology for technical writing instructors to see for themselves how much information they have learned from teaching their students. (HTH)

Relates how experience writing technical documents yielded insight into the nature of the problems attending the composition of technical discourse. (JL)

The gender-linked character of descriptive terms recurrent in studies reporting gender differences in children's play is examined. It is suggested that such terms are linked to gender as a socially determined classification, influencing observation and interpretation of gender-related behaviors. (Author/GK)

This report describes and flowcharts the process of the paper work flow at a hypothetical automotive parts business from the disbursement of funds to the updating of the inventory records, in order to supply business students with a lesson in using the data processor. (CT)

Reports some of the findings about the problems of adult writers taken from a survey of 254 top-level and mid-level managers. (HOD)