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Title

Use writing class techniques to create software design documents

Authors

John Santore, Bridgewater State CollegeFollow
Torben Lorenzen, Bridgewater State CollegeFollow

Publication Date

2009

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Undergraduates in our Software Engineering course were able to code well but they wrote technical documents poorly. We found that using writing class techniques such as the use of graded, instructor commented drafts and template documents will considerably improve the quality of student technical writing projects.

Original Citation

Santore J., Lorenzen T. (2009). Use writing class techniques to create software design documents. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin,41(2), 136-137. https://doi.org/10.1145/1595453.1595492

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1145/1595453.1595492

Virtual Commons Citation

Santore, John and Lorenzen, Torben (2009). Use writing class techniques to create software design documents. In Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty Publications. Paper 17.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/math_compsci_fac/17