#19505
Confronting Illiteracy with Scientific Communication
Explains how workplace principles of effective scientific communication also have an important role in literacy outreach programs for schools.
Girill, T.R. STC East Bay (2003). Articles>Education>Scientific Communication
#14592
Linked to this page are 6 high-school-level exercises that teach (through worked and scaffolded examples) how to write good technical descriptions. Also included is a set of description-writing guidelines on which these exercises depend. The summary table below links to two versions of each exercise: * A plain version suitable for classroom use as is, and * An annotated version that: * spells out the goal of each exercise and the writing issues that it addresses, * compares the exercise with others in this set, * suggests effective, relevant teaching strategies, as well as extended activities, and * notes the specific 1998 California English-Language Arts content standard(s) that the exercise most strongly supports.
Girill, T.R. STC East Bay (1999). Academic>Course Materials>Writing
#19506
Example Elaboration as a Neglected Instructional Strategy 
Summarizes psychological research on why some people learn better from examples than others do, and applies the results to improve software documentation and literacy outreach projects.
Girill, T.R. STC East Bay (2001). Articles>Documentation>Design
#13311
Instruction-Writing Exercises (for High School)
These guidelines and 14 scaffolded exercises respond to the unmet need for a psychologically solid, work-relevant way to learn technical writing by students who are NOT facile writers already.
Girill, T.R. STC East Bay (2001). Articles>Education>Instructional Design>Documentation
#23390
STC Transformation Project: Focus on Communities
I’m talking with you today because I was part of a three-person team that took the lead on thinking about communities for the STC Transformation Project. The two other members of that team were Fred Sampson and Whitney Quesenbery. Fred, Whitney, and I based our work on the goals and principles that the STC Board established for the Transformation Project. As we worked on the concepts for communities, we thought about how to apply these principles to meet the goals.
Redish, Janice C. 'Ginny'. STC East Bay (2004). Articles>TC>Community Building>STC
#35120
Technical Writing in Science Class: The Handbook
An organized kit of technical-writing exercises, guidelines, activities, and strategies refined and tested in real high-school classes, with notes and comparisons to help teachers borrow and adapt them. Also used for teacher professional development at the Edward Teller Education Center.
Girill, T.R. STC East Bay (2009). Resources>Education>Literacy>Technical Writing
#35121
School Standards That Support Technical Writing
The value of learning effective nonfiction nonnarrative writing ("technical writing") for middle- and high-school students has been cited repeatedly in official and unofficial academic standards starting in the early 1990s.
Girill, T.R. STC East Bay (2008). Articles>Education>Standards>Technical Writing
