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Technical Literacy Resources
T. R. Girill
STC Fellow
trg@llnl.gov
| Building Science-Relevant Literacy with Technical Writing in High School | This article notes five technical literacy problems that many high school students face and shows how the activities and cases on this website address those problems by applying the "cognitive apprenticeship" approach (includes sample classroom materials and references). |
| Example Elaboration as a Neglected Instructional Strategy | This paper summarizes recent but neglected psychological research on how students use examples, and then applies these example elaboration techniques to the problem of building cognitive maturity among underperforming high-school students who study technical writing. |
| Confronting Illiteracy with Scientific Communication | This paper briefly shows how technical writing addresses high-school literacy problems on four levels at once (as pursued by the EBSTC literacy project). |
| Frequently Asked Questions | This analysis responds (with discussion, examples, and references) to 16 specific concerns often raised by teachers about the benefits of technical writing in high school. |
| Documentation as Problem Solving for Literacy Outreach Programs | This report summarizes a problem-oriented workshop that explains the value of technical writing as an "authentic" response to high-school literacy needs, outlines plausible exercises (available from this site) to help students improve their basic nonfiction writing skills, and explores several known literacy outreach pitfalls. |
| How Document Design Helps English Learners Master Science | This article reviews and compares the many ways in which technical writing practice helps English language learners (ESL students) gain the academic literacy they need for success in science classes. |
| Book Review: "Technical Communication: Writing Instructions." | A 32-page miniature textbook on technical writing specifically for high school students, critiqued and analysized. |
| The Key Reporter | An article describing what it's like to teach sixth graders at Roosevelt Middle School in Oakland by Molly Ness, a 1999 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Johns Hopkins. |
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