Research Gap
After compiling together my sources and writing a literature review with them, I have identified a Research Gap in perspectives. Any source I could find that talked about templates usually had done research in the context of education. They discussed how templates could be used in teaching future technical writers. The few that I found taking place in the professional workplace weren't directly about template usage. I wrote in my literature review specifically that, " It would benefit the technical writing community greatly if more research were done specifically on the use of technical templates within the workforce and how the use of technical templates affects a writer’s ability to think critically over time." I also added in that research like this could be applied by formulating, " guidelines on when it is appropriate to use templates and how to use them ethically to limit the shrinkage in critical thinking for writers everywhere while still capitalizing on th...