Documentation Help Needed for tech writing classes

[Traci Kelly]

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>MY QUESTION OR SEARCH:
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>1. What do you teach/prefer in technical writing courses?

Tech Comm at the U of Wisconsin is housed inside the College of 
Engineering.  Given that, we use APA and IEEE almost 
exclusively.   APA 5th is better now...at least it acknowledges that 
patents need to have a cite format!

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>3. What do you use in technical writing?

APA.

Some semesters, when I feel I have the mental energy, I let students 
do a bit of "org anthropology" to see what their particular area of 
study/work uses.  They most often come back with APA, IEEE, NASA 
in-house, and org-specific (example:  Sandia Nat'l Laboratory has its 
own in-house documentation style).  Then, those students have to use 
that cite style all the rest of the term.





Traci Kelly, Ph.D.
Technical Communication, EPD
1550 Engineering Drive, M1036J
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Email: kelly at epd.engr.wisc.edu
Phone: 608.265.3946  
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