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Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education archive
Proceedings of the twenty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education table of contents

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Pages: 205 - 209

Year of Publication: 1991

ISBN:0-89791-377-9

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Linda H. Pesante

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SIGCSE: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 1, Downloads (12 Months): 44, Citation Count: 22

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	1	This work is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense.
	2	S. L. Sullivan, How much time do software professionals spend communicating?, ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel, v.11 n.4, p.2-5, Sept. 1988 [doi>10.1145/54127.54128]
	3	Curtis, Sullivan, and White op cit focus on software engineers. For data on the communication skills needed by engineers in general, see L. A. Olsen and T. N. Huckin, Technical Writing and Professional Communication. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990; and C. Barnum and R. Fisher, "Engineering Technologists as Writers: Results of a Survey." Technical Communication 31, 2 (1984), 9-11.
	4	L. Levine, L. H. Pesante, and S. B. Dunkle, Technical Writing for Software Engineers (SEI-CM-23). Pittsburgh, Pa.: Carnegie Mellon University, 1990. This curriculum module contains teaching advice and an extensive bibliography in addition to information about technical writing. For information about ordering this and other SEI educational material, contact: Information Management, ATTN: Publications Requests, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
	5	Linda Flower discusses reader-based and writer-based text in Problem-Solving Strategies for Writing. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.

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