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ERIC Number: EJ529100
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0049-3155
Four Research Issues.
Farkas, David K.
Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, v42 n4 p587-89 Nov 1995
Recommends four research issues in technical communication with direct implications for both teaching and practice: using the outlining feature (offered by many word processing programs) in writing instruction; the consequences of contemporary guidelines for prose style; the psychology of intimidation and impatience in documentation; and text discourse in multimedia. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Outlining (Discourse), Research Needs, Technical Writing, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Toward 2000: Education, the Society, and the Profession.