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| author | Henson, Leigh |
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| contents | Suggested Subjects of Composition for Lower-Division Technical Writing. Henson, Leigh Higher Education Research Reports School Surveys Teaching Guides Technical Writing Technological Literacy Writing Exercises Writing Instruction Intended for use with students in lower division technical writing courses, this list of over 800 suggested composition subjects is drawn from surveys of technical writing teachers as well as from teachers of science and technology. The suggested subjects pertain to 16 types of papers commonly presented in textbooks and articles dealing with technical writing instruction: (1) extended definition, (2) process without a conspicuous performer, (3) instructional ("how to"), (4) classification/partition, (5) comparison/contrast, (6) cause/effect, (7) description of a mechanism, (8) summary of a scientific or technical source, (9) inquiry or request, (10) complaint, (11) proposal for research, (12) analysis of a problem, (13) report of research progress, (14) library research report, (15) elementary empirical research, and (16) combination of library and empirical research. In addition, the listing provides a number of first and second preference suggestions, as well as subjects and sources for library research and composition suggested by Illinois State University faculty in the departments of agriculture, applied computer science, corrections, health science, home economics, industrial technology, biology, chemistry, geography-geology, physics, and science and technology. (HOD) |
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| spellingShingle | Suggested Subjects of Composition for Lower-Division Technical Writing. Henson, Leigh Higher Education Research Reports School Surveys Teaching Guides Technical Writing Technological Literacy Writing Exercises Writing Instruction Suggested Subjects of Composition for Lower-Division Technical Writing. Henson, Leigh Higher Education Research Reports School Surveys Teaching Guides Technical Writing Technological Literacy Writing Exercises Writing Instruction Intended for use with students in lower division technical writing courses, this list of over 800 suggested composition subjects is drawn from surveys of technical writing teachers as well as from teachers of science and technology. The suggested subjects pertain to 16 types of papers commonly presented in textbooks and articles dealing with technical writing instruction: (1) extended definition, (2) process without a conspicuous performer, (3) instructional ("how to"), (4) classification/partition, (5) comparison/contrast, (6) cause/effect, (7) description of a mechanism, (8) summary of a scientific or technical source, (9) inquiry or request, (10) complaint, (11) proposal for research, (12) analysis of a problem, (13) report of research progress, (14) library research report, (15) elementary empirical research, and (16) combination of library and empirical research. In addition, the listing provides a number of first and second preference suggestions, as well as subjects and sources for library research and composition suggested by Illinois State University faculty in the departments of agriculture, applied computer science, corrections, health science, home economics, industrial technology, biology, chemistry, geography-geology, physics, and science and technology. (HOD) |
| title | Suggested Subjects of Composition for Lower-Division Technical Writing. |
| topic | Higher Education Research Reports School Surveys Teaching Guides Technical Writing Technological Literacy Writing Exercises Writing Instruction |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED230939 |