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This thesis investigates the role of affective design in online help systems. The thesis begins with a discussion of the current research related to online help systems and the rhetorical nature of technical communication. The thesis then provides a heuristic evaluation of two versions of procedural discourse for Microsoft Word 2000. Based on an analysis of the heuristic evaluation, five recommendations are given for improving the affective design of online help systems. The thesis concludes with a proposed usability test and consideration of a related area of study.

This thesis examines the rhetorical, analytical, and critical efficacy of reflexivity and sociological theory as means for reconciling the normative and descriptive functions of the rhetoric of science. In attempting to define a separate research domain within Science Studies, rhetoric of science has borrowed Strong Program and constructivist principles and descriptions of scientific practice from the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK) as a basis for analyzing scientific discourse. While epistemological claims in the social sciences have been considered inherently self-referential and subject to reflexive analysis and critique, rhetoricians have generally taken these claims on face value and applied them to a treatment of scientific practice. Accordingly, rhetoricians have maintained a natural ontological attitude to sociological theories and descriptions supporting an understanding of scientific discourse as implicitly rhetorical. Recently, however, the concept of "rhetoric" in rhetoric of science has come under scrutiny. This thesis will connect arguments involving the relation of the "irreducibly social" nature of science, to a concept of scientific discourse as rhetorical "without remainder,” to the philosophical commitments of reflexive analysis. Stipulations as to the universal presence and influence of social and rhetorical forces in science substitute, I argue, for a conception of the scientific rhetor as a social type. Although I do not mystify either scientific discourse or practice, I wish to provide grounds for determining whether, given claims about the nature and relation of scientific discourse and practice, rhetorical analyses can be considered either trivial or substantive, descriptive or normative, or even rhetorical or social. / Master of Science

This thesis seeks to identify and explain some technology in order to more fully understand modern communication. This study makes use of metaphoric cluster analysis to examine the technological rhetoric of Nicholas Negroponte.

The aim of this dissertation is to present a critical literature review and conceptual analysis of selected genre-based research materials from 1960-2002 on the theoretical and pedagogical issues involved in teaching reading and writing to students of English for Science and Technology. Methodologically, the comparative data-analysis is aimed at identifying commonalities and differences between the various data texts in terms of their definition, orientations, and pedagogical uses. Based on the analyses, suggestions are made for the additional practical applications of the approaches within a learning-centred, communicative framework. The main conclusion is that genre analysis is a fusion of textual-contextual orientations on a structural-linguistic, social-ethnographic cline, which involves simultaneous microlinguistic and macrorhetorical, social-ethnographic processing. Owing to the scope of genre analysis, it is suggested that a considerably expanded, in-depth investigation is needed to clarify the dynamic tensions between and within the individual genre-based approaches, as well as their pedagogical applications. / English Studies / MA (TESOL)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:01:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira.pdf: 6984550 bytes, checksum: e435a617d938b66cca8164d6a5c43cc3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-30 / The objective is to investigate the concepts of language, text, writing and subject which have been underlying the writing exams used in the entrance examinations (" vestibular ) for Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo UFES. In order to do so, the research pursues the answers to the following questions: a) Which concepts of language, text, writing and subject which have been underlying the writing exams for the entrance examinations for UFES? b) Do the concepts which have been underlying the writing exams for the entrance examinations for UFES dialog with the theoretical tendencies which pervade the production of knowledge in the linguistics and education fields and that have been present in the official syllabi for mother tongue teaching for Elementary and High schools? c) Do the assessment criteria used by the board of correctors reflect such tendencies? Theoretically, this investigation anchors itself, mostly, to the contributions of Bakhtin (2003, 2006) and other authors such as Marcuschi (2007, 2008), Geraldi (1996, 1997, 2003, 2006), Travaglia (1991,1996), Koch (2003) e Koch e Elias (2006), which approach different dimensions of language, writing, subject and text. The methodology employed is the documental analysis, using as a corpus the exams for the entrance examinations for UFES in the period between 2000 and 2010. The exam analyses reveal that the views on the writing exam, concerning the studied period, have shown changes which cover a moment in which the exam privileged eminently school writing practices, supported by a conception of language as a representation of thought, and writing as a way of expressing thought, to another moment in which there was an approaching between the textual genres and the social practices of the subject, in an exam model based upon the use of language in interactional conditions. The criteria present in the correction grid of the writing exams for UFES also express the language conceptions adopted along those periods, fact which corroborates the results accomplished through the analyses of the exams proposed by the university / O objetivo é investigar as concepções de linguagem, de texto, de escrita e de sujeito que vêm fundamentando as provas de redação aplicadas nos vestibulares da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo UFES. Para isso, a pesquisa se encaminha em busca de respostas às seguintes questões: a) Quais concepções de linguagem, de texto, de escrita, de sujeito têm fundamentado a prova de redação de vestibular da UFES? b) As concepções que vêm fundamentando a prova de redação de vestibular da UFES dialogam com as tendências teóricas que perpassam a produção de conhecimento no campo da linguística e da educação e que se presentificam nas orientações curriculares oficiais para o ensino da língua materna no Ensino Fundamental e no Ensino Médio? c) Os critérios de avaliação utilizados pela banca corretora refletem essas tendências? Teoricamente, esta investigação se ancora, sobretudo, nas contribuições de Bakhtin (2003, 2006) e de autores como Marcuschi (2007, 2008), Geraldi (1996, 1997, 2003, 2006), Travaglia (1991,1996), Koch (2003) e Koch e Elias (2006), que abordam diferentes dimensões de linguagem, de escrita, de sujeito e de texto. A metodologia utilizada é a análise documental, tendo como corpus as provas de redação do Vestibular da UFES entre os anos de 2000 e 2010. As análises das provas revelam que a forma de pensar a avaliação da escrita, presente no período pesquisado, apresentou mudanças que vão de um momento em essa avaliação privilegiava práticas de escrita eminentemente escolares, fundamentada numa concepção de linguagem como representação do pensamento e de escrita como maneira de expressar o pensamento, a um momento em que houve um estreitamento entre o uso dos gêneros textuais e as práticas sociais dos sujeitos, num modelo de prova fundamentado no uso da linguagem em condição de interação. Os critérios presentes nas grades de correção das provas de redação do VEST-UFES também expressam as concepções de linguagem adotadas nos referidos anos, o que corrobora os resultados alcançados nas análises das provas propostas pela Universidade

The aim of this dissertation is to present a critical literature review and conceptual analysis of selected genre-based research materials from 1960-2002 on the theoretical and pedagogical issues involved in teaching reading and writing to students of English for Science and Technology. Methodologically, the comparative data-analysis is aimed at identifying commonalities and differences between the various data texts in terms of their definition, orientations, and pedagogical uses. Based on the analyses, suggestions are made for the additional practical applications of the approaches within a learning-centred, communicative framework. The main conclusion is that genre analysis is a fusion of textual-contextual orientations on a structural-linguistic, social-ethnographic cline, which involves simultaneous microlinguistic and macrorhetorical, social-ethnographic processing. Owing to the scope of genre analysis, it is suggested that a considerably expanded, in-depth investigation is needed to clarify the dynamic tensions between and within the individual genre-based approaches, as well as their pedagogical applications. / English Studies / MA (TESOL)

Acompanha: Iniciação científica na escola pública: blog como instrumento de educação científica / O presente estudo, que se caracteriza como pesquisa descritiva com abordagem qualitativa, teve como objetivo apresentar um produto educacional, ou seja, um Blog, elaborado pela pesquisadora, para ser utilizado em um projeto de Iniciação Científica desenvolvido no Colégio Estadual Attílio Codato, na cidade de Cambé/PR.O estudo apresenta o passo a passo da construção do Blog pela pesquisador e a utilização deste pelos alunos da instituição de ensino, assim como, as dificuldades, os desafios e os sucessos ocorridos nesse processo. O Blog serviu como ferramenta/instrumento para dar suporte aos estudantes do Ensino Médio para que pudessem desenvolver projetos Iniciação Científica e, a partir destes, produzir textos sobre seus trabalhos, com linguagem científica. Para fundamentar este estudo, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre: aprendizagem por meio de projetos; conceito de TICs e de Blog; e o uso das TICs como recursos metodológicos para a aprendizagem. Concluiu-se que os resultados foram bastante satisfatórios, pois os alunos, apesar das dificuldades encontradas, principalmente, devido à falta de hábito de leitura e consequente dificuldade de interpretação de grande parte deles, a maioria concluiu seu projeto e o apresentou. Além disso, constatou-se uma conscientização, quase geral, de que leituras e esse tipo de pesquisa são fundamentais para prepará-los para o ensino superior e para a vida. Esse fato está associado, principalmente ao uso do Blog, uma ferramenta tecnológica, área que desperta bastante o interesse dos estudantes. / The present study, which is characterized as a descriptive research with a qualitative approach, aimed to present an educational product, that is, a Blog, prepared by the researcher, to be used in a project of Scientific Initiation developed at the State College Attílio Codato, in the city Of Cambé / PR. The study presents the step by step of the construction of the Blog by the researcher and the use of this by the students of the educational institution, as well as the difficulties, challenges and successes occurred in this process. The Blog served as a tool / instrument to support the students of High School so that they could develop Scientific Initiation projects and, from these, produce texts about their work, with scientific language. To support this study, a bibliographic research was developed on: learning through projects; Concept of ICT and Blog; And the use of ICTs as methodological resources for learning. It was concluded that the results were quite satisfactory, because the students, despite the difficulties found, mainly due to the lack of reading habits and consequent difficulty in interpreting most of them, the majority concluded their project and presented it. In addition, there has been an almost general awareness of what readings and this type of research are essential to prepare them for higher education and for life. This fact is associated, mainly to the use of the Blog, a technological tool, an area that greatly arouses students' interest.

Magister Educationis - MEd / This aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which writing skills offered in the one-year intensive English course and in the 75 hour course of Speaking and Writing Skills, prepare students for academic writing in the subjects which are offered through the medium of English. The study focused on first year Economics and Management. / South Africa

Complex socio-technical problems such as climate change and the opioid epidemic strain current conceptions of public problem solving. Practitioners, including technical communication researchers, need methods that address immediate needs while supporting sustained community and policy response. Drawing on new materialist theory, technical communication research methods, and participatory research design, I trace the 2015 outbreak of HIV in Scott County, Indiana, and the subsequent passage of syringe exchange legislation, to craft frameworks for collaborative research calibrated to the messiness of wicked problems. My study draws on analysis of publicly available documents related to the outbreak, and interviews with public health practitioners, and community activists in order to identify sensitizing metaphors, and map how different metaphors organize work. Mapping these differences, and the networks they create for policy-making, operational response and research makes visible the embedded work of technical communication. I hope my research will help scholars and practitioners work more closely and communicate more effectively with more interdisciplinary and diverse audiences, contributing to critical scholarship that builds better communities. <br>