![]() Even though it has been outlawed in the area, how many people still sneak a quick text in their car every once in a while? I think we can all agree that text messaging while driving is more dangerous than paying full attention to the road. The article concludes that texting while driving has a negative effect on driving even more so than talking on a cell phone while driving. Text messaging drivers were also involved in more crashes than drivers that were not texting. Results showed that texting drivers responded more slowly to brake lights and showed impairments in forward and side-ways control of the vehicle. 40 participants engaged in both driving-only and driving-while-texting scenarios in a driving simulator. The objective of the study was to determine the impact of text messaging on simulated driving performance. This week I read an article on the effects of texting while driving, and since Clemson has recently outlawed texting while driving I figured this would be pretty applicable to us as students. This article really shows the importance of writing (or drawing) for your audience and the effect the instructions can have on the satisfaction of the intended users. It was determined that product age recommendations often do not accurately reflect usability and many picture instructions are poorly formatted or displayed. Girls in the 6 year old group had the most difficulty with assembly and girls in the 9 year old group reported having the least amount of fun. The children had difficulty with all but the simplest form of instructions and the older age group had more success with assembly, which makes sense. The study was performed with 24 participants ages 6 and 9 of mixed gender and analyzed speed and accuracy of assembly as well as time spent looking at the instructions. This article examined the usability of instructions for assembling toys for young children. I realize that we are finished with our instructions assignment but still thought this article was interesting and relevant to this course. So far I have found this journal quite interesting and the writing structure suites my learning style by breaking the text up into pieces. Finally, they occupy that niche by announcing principle findings and indicating research article structure. They establish a niche by raising questions about topics of previous research and taking a different approach to the topic. The first move is establishing a territory, which I feel like the journal does my reviewing items of previous research. There is also a scientific approach to the choice of words in the articles displaying the convention of language.Īccording to Swales's genre model, there are three "moves" within a particular piece of academic writing. The articles I have read so far have mostly been building on existing work or investigating previous topics. The articles are broken into sections which Linton would refer to as "sign-posting". ![]() Because of this specific structure I believe the journal fits well in Linton's convention of structure. ![]() There is a very specific structure to the articles including the abstract, background, method, results, conclusion, and application. The articles are written basically like a scientific lab report. I have been reading articles in an Industrial Engineering related journal called Human Factors.
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