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Abstract Based on an ethnographic study of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this article describes how the rhetorical invention process of a group of working scientists is strongly rooted in social collaborative processes. These writing practices of working professionals are not always synonymous with the way students entering the professions have been taught to write. Because invention is such an important aspect of the writing process, it is important to teach students the approaches to invention that are actually used in science, approaches that include a great deal of interaction, including talking to other scientists and reading journal articles. This article ends with pedagogical suggestions for teaching collaborative invention to students based on the results of the study.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2003-04-01
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10.1207/s15427625tcq1202_4
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