Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ463666
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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The Student as Translator in the Technical Writing Classroom: The "Challenger" Disaster as Heuristic.
Kynell, Teresa
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v20 n2 p145-51 May 1993
Demonstrates how the tragedy of the 1986 space shuttle "Challenger" provides an example of how communication through memos and letters concerning O-ring problems went awry. Presents some methods by which the technical writing teacher might incorporate this material into their writing curricula. (HB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Heuristics, Higher Education, Technical Writing, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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