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Resources in Technical Communication

ABSTRACT

Provides the instructors of introductory technical communication courses with a set of resources for their classrooms.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |5 pages

Introduction Cynthia L. Selfe

part |1 pages

Section 1: Focus on Rhetorical Understanding

chapter 1|14 pages

Using Client-Based Writing to Teach Problem Solving Summer Smith Taylor and Art Young

chapter 2|16 pages

Technical Reports as Rhetorical Practice James Kalmbach

chapter 3|26 pages

Using Multiple-Source Research to Create Persuasive Evidence-Based Communication

chapter 4|28 pages

Using Design Approaches to Help Students Develop Engaging and Effective Materials that Teach Scientific and Technical Concepts

chapter 5|17 pages

Copyright Law and a Fair Use Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Strategies for Technical Communication Courses

part |1 pages

Section 2: Focus on Sociocultural Understanding

chapter 6|16 pages

Preparing Students for Service-Learning Contexts with Case Studies, Scenarios, and Workplace Writer Studies

chapter 7|20 pages

Adapting Communication to Cultural and Organizational Change Peter Praetorius

chapter 8|16 pages

Technological Activism: Understanding and Shaping Environments for Technology-Rich Communication

chapter 9|18 pages

Communities of Practice: The Shop Floor of Human Capital Tracy Bridgeford

chapter 10|15 pages

Analyzing the Interactive Audience: Constructing a Communal Knowledge Base

part |1 pages

Section 3: Focus on the Complexities of Practice

chapter 11|26 pages

Understanding Usability Approaches Johndan Johnson-Eilola and Stuart A. Selber

chapter 12|20 pages

An Ethics Primer: Strategies for Ethical Decision Making Michael Martin

chapter 13|24 pages

Select, Interpret, Produce: A Three-Part Model for Teaching Information Graphics

chapter 14|16 pages

Listen Up! Oral Presentations in the Technical Communication Classroom

chapter 15|12 pages

Let’s Talk: Preparing Students for Speaking and Listening in the Workplace

chapter 16|16 pages

The Elements of Editing: Relationships, Roles, and Revisions Dnielle Nicole DeVoss

chapter 17|22 pages

Exploding the Myth of Transparent Communication of Information