Technical writing : assessing curriculum and improvement rates for adult learners

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dc.contributor.authorOliver, Cynthia Catherine
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorFowler, Leah
dc.date.accessioned2007-04-24T21:10:43Z
dc.date.available2007-04-24T21:10:43Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionix, 81 leaves ; 29 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine if adult students at the College of the Rockies improved in their ability to write technical English after having studied specifically developed curriculum. The research was conducted during the winter semester (January to April 1999) at the Cranbrook, BC campus. Curriculum for the course Technical and Professional Writing 091 was developed as a project for the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology, an arm of the post-secondary education division of the government of the Province of British Columbia. Four of the units, Direct Requests, Bad News Messages, Persuasive Writing, and Reports and Proposals were tested out in the Cranbrook class via pre and posttesting of the students. As well, field observations and interviews formed an integral component of the study. The final data analysis overall improvement in the learners' ability to write technical English; in addition, each curriculum unit was scrutinized for improvement rates. Recommendations were made for further areas of study and research needed in this discipline.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/108
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2000en
dc.publisher.facultyEducation
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en
dc.subjectAdult educationen
dc.subjectReport writing -- Study and teachingen
dc.subjectTechnical writing -- Study and teachingen
dc.subjectBusiness writing -- Study and teachingen
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.titleTechnical writing : assessing curriculum and improvement rates for adult learnersen
dc.typeThesisen
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