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Integrating writing into computer science courses

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SIGCSE '91: Proceedings of the twenty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/107004.107040

Published: 01 March 1991 Publication History

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This work is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Sources of information include: (a) S. L. Sullivan, "How Much Time Do Software Professionals Spend Communicating?" Computer Personnel 11, 4 (Sept. 1988), 2-5. (b) K. B. White and R. Leifer, "Information Systems Development Success: Perspectives from Project Team Participants," MIS Quarterly 10, 3 (Sept. 1986), 219-225. (c) B. Curtis, H. Krasner, and N. Iscoe, "A Field Study of the Software Design Process for Large Systems," Communications of the ACM 31, 1 (Nov. 1988), 1268-1287.

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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.

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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.

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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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Integrating writing into computer science courses
1. Human-centered computing
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  1. Professional topics
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SIGCSE '91: Proceedings of the twenty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

March 1991

392 pages

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DOI:10.1145/107004

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 23, Issue 1
Mar. 1991
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