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Paul, Danette; Charney, Davida – Written Communication, 1995
States that scientific journal article introductions usually open with standard moves that introduce the community to new findings in specific literature. Presents a study in which 4 articles on chaos theory were analyzed--then 12 scientists were asked to think aloud while reading them. Emphasizes that scientific readers reacted differently.…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Chaos Theory, Engineering, Higher Education