Technical Communication: A Reader-centered Approach - Softcover

Anderson, Paul V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1428263934 ISBN 13: 9781428263932

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2010

Synopsis

Thousands of students have successfully improved their writing and design skills using Anderson's TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: A READER-CENTERED APPROACH. Known for its treatment of the rhetorical situation and coverage of usability and persuasion, this edition contains new chapters and an innovative, visually oriented design that will engage today's students.

About this title

Review:

"Anderson's text treats drafting in more depth (which I like). I like presenting the career writing first as that engages students most easily."

About the Author:

Paul V. Anderson is Director of Writing Across the University at Elon University in Elon, NC. He was previously Director of the Roger and Joyce L. Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University (Ohio), where he also served as the founding director of the university's programs in technical and scientific communication. To support various individual and collaborative projects, he has received more than $1,000,000 in external grants for research and program development in technical communication. As a researcher and consultant to business and government, Anderson has conducted workshops and made presentations in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, as well as across the United States. His publications, which have won awards from the Society for Technical Communication and the National Council of Teachers of English, address such topics as technical communication practice and theory, ethical issues in research and teaching, research methods, pedagogy, and assessment. Anderson has been selected as a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, and Miami University's Institute of Environmental Science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1428263934
• ISBN 13: 9781428263932
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 726