Technical students face a unique academic challenge. Between labs, equations, code, and detailed analyses, there’s rarely room to focus on polished essay writing. And yet, essays, research papers, and ...

The core of technical writing is its clarity and precision. Clarity involves using straightforward, easily understood language and avoiding ambiguity at all costs. It’s about breaking down complex ...

Need a faculty to technical writer resume? This guide shows you how to highlight your academic experience for a smooth transition. We’ll cover how your research, teaching, and project management ...

Articulating discoveries, gaining funding and forging connections all require the ability to convey ideas, write Mabel Perez-Oquendo and Elizabeth O. Hileman. By Mabel Perez-Oquendo and Elizabeth O.

When you need to go really deep on a subject, e-books and whitepapers are your go-to. These are longer, more detailed pieces ...

Technical skills are specialized hard skills developed through hands-on training and regular use. These skills are typically related to fields such as math, science, IT, or software tasks. Examples of ...

Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

The new questions-of-the-week is: How do you get students to want to revise their writing? Getting students to revise their writing can be a challenge. Often, they have a “one-and-done” perspective.

A group of students begins an in-class writing test. According to new data analysis, half of U.S. eighth graders have difficulty with long-form writing on tests and classwork that involves reading.

Most directly admitted first year students at RIT will be advised to enroll in a section of First Year Writing (UWRT 150). Students who have approved transfer credit for a first year writing course, ...

Dan Melzer, associate director of first-year composition at the University of California, Davis, shook up the research on teaching college-level writing in 2014 with his book Assignments Across the ...

(This is the final post in a five-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here; Part Three here, and Part Four here.) The new question-of-the-week is: How do you get students to want to ...