Panel Discussion: STC-Sponsored Research in Progress
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00136.PDF

Sanders, Scott P.
STC Proceedings
1996

Abstract:

This panel discussion reports on technical communication research in progress that is being sponsored by the STC. The research topics include an assessment of intentional learning techniques applied in an online environment, rhetorical study of the writing of a 19th century woman scientist, and a survey of the teaching of research methods in technical communication graduate programs. The researchers use both quantitative and qualitative research methods.