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Steinberg, Erwin R. – Carnegie Series in English, 1970
This volume of the Carnegie Series in English is entitled "A Modern Miscellany". (DS)
Descriptors: English Literature, Language Usage, Literary Styles, Novels
Peer reviewedSteinberg, Erwin R. – Visible Language, 1986
Explains how the Communications Design Center of Carnegie-Mellon University assisted the Allen-Bradley Company in simplifying the company's manual-writing process and developing a handbook for the manual writers. (DF)
Descriptors: English, Guides, Organizational Communication, Technical Writing
Steinberg, Erwin R.; And Others – 1966
The inductive-method teacher sees himself as part of a process of learning rather than as dispenser of knowledge. He structures classroom situations in which students discover answers and concepts for themselves. He selects material and guides class work, but concentrates on how a student learns, developing a carefully-guided sequence of questions…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction, Induction
Steinberg, Erwin R. – 1985
Noting that recent issues of several scholarly journals have contained criticism of protocol analysis and the use of verbal reports in the analysis of the writing process, this paper examines some of the charges made and then explores the implications of the criticisms. Specific charges addressed in the paper include the following: (1) protocols…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Protocol Analysis, Research Methodology
Kaufer, David S.; Steinberg, Erwin R. – 1985
Many influential style guides endorse the stylistic prescription that writers, particularly technical writers, should revise noun compounds into phrasal or clausal paraphrases. While the prescription is well-intentioned, it fails to take into account that a reader's comprehension of compounds, whether long or short, is a complex process dependent…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, English, Evaluation Criteria, Language Styles
Steinberg, Erwin R. – 1985
A program for improving documentation at the systems division at Allen-Bradley is sketched in this paper. Following introductory material about starting the program, the paper outlines the two main projects that were involved: (1) a management study of the Allen-Bradley manual writing process, which addressed problems with the content and…
Descriptors: Business, Business Communication, Business English, Communication Skills
Steinberg, Erwin R. – 1985
Intended for writing teachers, this paper shows how "pithy prescriptions" for writing, such as "use definite, specific, concrete language," can be misleading or wrong. To support this thesis, the paper examines a technical writing book advocating short sentences and finds that it has sentences averaging 27.8 words in one section and 30.18 in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Expository Writing, Generalization, Higher Education
