Usability Instruction in Technical Communication Programs New Directions in Curriculum Development

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 223-240

  Kastman Breuch, Lee Ann M ^a   Zachry, Mark ^b,d   Spinuzzi, Clay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USU   (United States)

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EID: 1542780794     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105065190101500204     Document Type: Article

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