Using Focus Groups To Supplement the Assessment of Technical Communication Texts, Programs, and Courses.

Eubanks, Philip; Abbott, Christine

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ERIC Number: EJ676999

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Publication Date: 2003

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Using Focus Groups To Supplement the Assessment of Technical Communication Texts, Programs, and Courses.

Eubanks, Philip; Abbott, Christine

Technical Communication Quarterly, v12 n1 p25-45 Win 2003

Recommends focus groups as a useful research methodology for supplementing other, more commonly used measures of qualitative and quantitative assessment. Explains how focus groups can be used to examine teacher and practitioner perspectives of effective technical writing. Provides suggestions on how focus groups can also be used for evaluating texts, programs, and courses. (PM)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Focus Groups, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Listening Skills, Program Effectiveness, Research Methodology, Technical Writing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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