This report was prepared to assist the United States Army in evaluating the usefulness of readability formulas in identifying material that will be comprehended by readers at a given reading skill level. Existing readability methods and research findings were reviewed against three major criterion questions and the findings are discussed. The…

The document is a collection of articles written by authors who are or have been work evaluators or closely associated with the process within a work evaluation rehabilitation facility. The papers are intended to broaden the scope of the available literature in the field of work evaluation. The articles include the following: The Professional in…

This paper reviews a 1974 tabulation of freshman English programs made by the Maryland Association of Departments of English. Of 20 schools surveyed, including almost all the Maryland community colleges, 15 offer remedial courses, 18 have remediation facilities, and 15 grant academic credit for remedial courses. All of the colleges have regular…

The course is designed to provide students with the skill and knowledge needed to compose effective business reports, including format of a report, informal and formal reports, minutes of meetings, agendas, itineraries, new releases, and advertising copy. Prerequisites include Business Grammar in Good Taste, Spell It Right, and Typing Business…

Training in communication skills is necessary at all educational levels, and more widespread implementation of such preparation is especially needed within vocational training curricula. Community college programs are particularly strengthened by greater stress on all types of communication skills--writing, public speaking, reading, listening, and…

This manual contains guidelines for editing task statements written according to the principles and techniques of functional job analysis to be used in preparing input data to the National Task Bank. It does not include any descriptive matter about the task bank, which was developed to provide a model for State and local public welfare agencies…

Offers a strategy for having composition students write a clear, complete set of instructions for performing some task, while eliminating the possibility for plagiarism and collaboration. (JC)

Describes a summer technical writing course that incorporated the use of an "electronic textbook," a computer disk filled with examples of technical writing. Evaluates the class for the electronic textbook's viability, ratio of lecture to lab time, amount of information presented, student learning of the writing process, and student motivation.…

Addresses G. Parson's criticisms of her writings by responding to problems with his characterization of pedagogy--that education must guarantee results, must produce tangible products, must be textbook oriented, and that technical writing instructors must deal purely with written texts. Points out that "corporate culture" was not her…

Reflects on the teaching of English at Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, which is part of the ongoing educational reform in the People's Republic of China. States that cultural exchange is necessary in order to maintain an effective program. (RAE)

Information-structuring courses offered at the Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand) present concepts, patterns, hypotheses, and procedures for discussion on the basis that their consideration can contribute to better idea organization, text production, and text interpretation for engineering and other technology students learning…

Updates and supplements a previous survey by Chapman and Tate. Indicates the type and number of specialized nonfiction writing courses available for graduate and undergraduate English majors and discusses changes in course offerings and enrollment between 1975-76 and 1985-86. (SD)

Investigates the quality of 800 business letters using 43 business communication and writing deficiency criteria placed within one of the following categories: form, grammar, content, sequencing, and style. (NKA)

Responds to teachers who are still unconvinced of the value of word processors or computers in professional writing courses. Describes word processing units offered in a technical writing course and reports results from a questionnaire on the units given to students in the course. Contains a copy of the questionnaires. (EL)

Focuses on problems encountered with computer-aided writing instruction. Discusses conflicts caused by the computer classroom concept, some general paradoxes and ethical implications of computer-aided instruction. (EL)