IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 1994

Technical students investigate technical proposal development

J.D. McCoy

Abstract

When technical students begin their professional careers, they are not always adequately prepared for the complex communication demands that will be made of them/spl minus/especially during the process of developing a technical proposal. A real-world investigation of technical proposal development is an excellent way for the technical writing course, often constrained by time and standard writing assignments, to prepare students to meet these demands. The investigations include practice in collaborating, planning and scheduling, and oral reporting.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1994-03-01
DOI
10.1109/47.272858
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  1. German et al. (1987)
    Making Technical Communication a Real-World Exercise: A Report of Classroom and…
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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