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Quinn, Helen – Technical Writing Teacher, 1987
Examines the dissemination of information about new methods for teaching technical writing at the University of Wisconsin-Stout as an example of diffusion theory. Results indicate that though the formal impetus for change came from above, the innovation originally came from below and spread through peer networks. (SRT)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Communication Research, Diffusion (Communication), Higher Education
