Seeing Cells: Teaching the Visual/Verbal Rhetoric of Biology

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 2007

Seeing Cells: Teaching the Visual/Verbal Rhetoric of Biology

John Dinolfo ; Barbara Heifferon Clemson University ; Lesly A. Temesvari Clemson University

Abstract

This pilot study obtained baseline information on verbal and visual rhetorics to teach microscopy techniques to college biology majors. We presented cell images to students in cell biology and biology writing classes and then asked them to identify textual, verbal, and visual cues that support microscopy learning. Survey responses suggest that these students recognized some of the rhetorical strategies used and conflated others, revealing intriguing questions for further research in undergraduate microscopy education.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 2007-10-01
DOI: 10.2190/6261-4915-6lk8-11l8
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality multilingual writers

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