IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Jan 1988

From programming to technical writing

L.B. Helm

Abstract

A student perspective is provided on the process of teaching technical writing as a process parallel to computer programming. The idea that each follows a recognizable series of discrete steps is presented, and the steps that parallel each other are contrasted.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1988-01-01
DOI
10.1109/47.9220
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Open Access
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teacher development technical communication digital rhetoric
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References (4)

  1. flower (1985)
    Problem-Solving Strategies for Writing
  2. cooper (1982)
    Oh! Pascal!
  3. bent (1981)
    FORTRAN With Problem Solving A Structured Approach
  4. thompson (1981)
    BASIC A First Course
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