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Magilsen, Ingrid; Maes, Alfons A. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1996
Discusses the adequacy of two modes of presenting information on a computer screen, the "alternating" (screen by screen) presentation and the "simultaneous" screen presentation (different information on one screen at the same time). Tests subjects performing writing tasks using one online document or two documents, using either…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Computers, Higher Education
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Giltrow, Janet – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1998
Focuses on the nominal expressions in the discourse on management. Finds that these nominals recursively delete not only agent roles but also those of experiencer, object, and goal, and at the same time conflate the interests of researchers and managers. Suggests that management nominals are a particularly intense expression of modernity itself.…
Descriptors: Administration, Higher Education, Nouns, Text Structure
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Elliot, Norbert; Kilduff, Margaret – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1991
Surveys perceptions of technical writing held by department heads at a technological university regarding: (1) content, instruction, and assessment of a technical writing course; and (2) writing products and processes. Calls for writing program administrators to study the institutional context for courses and programs in technical writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Course Content, Department Heads, Higher Education