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Heuristic (from
Merriam-Webster's online dictionary)
Pronunciation: hyu-'ris-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: German heuristisch, from New Latin heuristicus,
from Greek heuriskein to discover; akin to Old Irish fo-fúair
he found
Date: 1821
: involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or
problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error
methods <heuristic techniques> <a heuristic assumption>
: of or relating to exploratory problem-solving techniques
that utilize self-educating techniques (as the evaluation
of feedback) to improve performance <a heuristic computer
program>
Some useful heuristics from York University:
Some questions to consider as you perform research for this
project:
—Who are the professional writers in this area of
study? How were they trained?
—What experiences prepared them for the position?
—What are their experiences on the job?
—What kinds of professional documents do these writers
compose?
—What purposes and/or functions do those documents
serve?
—Who is the audience for those documents?
—Describe the discourse that these writers must know
and use in writing these documents.
—How do professional writers go about composing those
documents?
—What rhetorical skills do professional writers need
in order to compose those documents?
—What are some of the major issues in this area of
professional writing? Where and how are these issues articulated?
—Is there a professional community for this group
of writers? If so, describe the community.
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