Technical writing : theory and practice / edited by Bertie E. Fearing and W. Keats Sparrow.

Other author Fearing, Bertie E.
Other author Sparrow, W. Keats (Wendall Keats), 1942-2009
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Modern Language Association of America, ©1989.
Descriptionvii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Partial contents Teaching technical writing : a retrospective appraisal / James W. Souther -- What's practical about technical writing? / Carolyn R. Miller -- Document development in industry / Roger A. Grice -- Collaborative writing in industry / Mary Beth Debs -- Composing processes for technical discourse / Jack Selzer -- Breaking with a tradition : new directions in audience analysis / Jo Allen -- Writing and testing instructions for usability / Janice C. Redish and David A. Schell -- Nonrhetorical elements of layout and design / Mary M. Lay -- Parallelism in scientific and technical writing / Isabelle Kramer Thompson -- Beyond impressionism : evaluating causal connections / Michael P. Jordan -- The prescriptive versus the heuristic approach in teaching technical communication / John H. Mitchell and Marion K. Smith.
Partial contents A comparative analysis of teacher resources for an advanced technical writing course / Thomas L. Warren -- The high-tech workplace : implications for technical communication instruction / Elizabeth Tebeaux.
Local noteLittle-315867--305131016045T
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. [147]-167.
LCCN 89012477
ISBN0873521803 (hard) :

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Joyner General Stacks T11 .T337 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner University Archives T11 .T337 1989 ✔ Available Request Material