NSF-AMP CONFERENCE
DIVERSITY IN THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL WORKFORCE
Washington DC - September 21-23/1995
WORKSHOP 11. Developing Effective Science and Technology Communication
Skills and Strategies
PRESIDING/ORGANIZER
Earl Mitchell
Project Director
Oklahoma AMP
PRESENTERS
Marilyn Moriarity, Assistant Professor of English, Hollins College/Director, Summer Writing Project, CAAMP (CAMP)
Writing Science Through Critical Thinking
Antonio (Garcia, Communication Through the World Wide Web Duane Taylor, Washington-Baltimore-Hampton Roads AMP
High Technology and Student Advising
Peter Johnson, Professor of Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago AMP
High Technology and Student Academic Support
Developing effective scientific writing skills can be accomplished through description and definition, thus developing students' critical reading and writing skills. Description creates a picture in words. Definition provides a shared contact point between the writer and the reader.
The World Wide Web provides a standard and powerful medium for the rapid transfer of information in a usable fashion. This panel will discuss the efforts of the AMP Program in the area of providing timely and effective information in hypertext database format. Descriptions of educational opportunities, research efforts, and national and local financial aid opportunities have been put on the Web by the AMP Program.
This workshop will provide examples how AMPs are using high technology to encourage full participation of minority students in SMET fields.
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