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Download full textKosanovich, Marcia; Phillips, Beth; Willis, Karli – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2020
"Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy" was developed to support preschool teachers through collaborative learning experiences in a literacy professional learning community (PLC). PLCs are a form of professional development in which small groups of educators with shared interests work together with the goals of expanding…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Communities of Practice
Direct linkWright, David – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2008
This study investigates the link between the linguistic principles of implicature and pragmatics and software documentation. When implicatures are created in conversation or text, the listener or reader is required to fill in missing information not overtly stated. This information is usually filled in on the basis of previous knowledge or…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Comparative Analysis, Pragmatics, Content Analysis
Moore, N. A. J. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2006
The readability of technical writing, and technical manuals in particular, especially for second language readers, can be noticeably improved by pairing Theme with Given and Rheme with New. This allows for faster processing of text and easier access to the "method of development" of the text. Typical Theme-Rheme patterns are described, and the…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Readability, Guides, Second Language Learning
Yang, Fu-mei – 1995
This study investigated the effects of augmenting and deleting elaborations in an existing self-instructional text for a micro-computer database application, "Microsoft Works User's Manual." A total of 60 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to the original, elaborated, or unelaborated text versions. The elaborated version…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Guides, Higher Education, Programmed Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedvan Hees, Maartje M. W. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1996
Investigates gerontological research literature to discover what is known about age deficiencies in cognitive processes which might adversely influence instructional text processing. Maintains that, on the basis of findings, tentative guidelines could be given on designing such manuals. Proposes follow-up research to gather more knowledge on the…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cognitive Processes, Educational Gerontology, Guides
Peer reviewedTeklinski, Bill – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1992
Quantifies specific elements of technical writing style in five award winning technical manuals where combined averages for the style elements are calculated. Compares these results to common criteria of good technical writing. Claims that wide variations among these manuals show that defining "good" technical writing is difficult. (HB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Content Analysis, Guides, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBritton, Bruce K.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
The accuracy of 210 college undergraduates' judgments of the relative learnability of original (Army training manuals) and rewritten (war or cultural histories) versions of 20 pairs of texts of known difficulty was studied. Students were 95 percent accurate in their judgments of learnability. Implications for college textbook selection are…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Evaluative Thinking, Evaluators, Guides
