Where do empirical research and writing connect?
This paper will discuss the epistemic nature of writing in scientific research through a case study of an ESL doctoral candidate in Agricultural Economics. It demonstrates how integrating the empirical data analysis process with the dissertation writing process effected crucial methodological changes, which led to empirical results of far-reaching impact in the disciplinary community. Patricia G. Wojahn, New Mexico State University Creating instructions that actually instruct: User-centered methods for testing document effectiveness In this presentation, I share the discoveries student writers made by adopting a number of user-centered methods for assessing existing instructions or procedures. The writers applied results from user-tests to create instructions that fulfilled the intended purpose for the given audiences in numerous ways that the original documents had not–resulting in instructions that could actually instruct. 3B. EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION, AND BORDERS Connie Herndon and Ja
