Preparing Writers for a Global Role in Technical Communication through Metacognition, Transfer, and Learning to Learn
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/2001/PDFs/STC48-000026.PDF

Boiarsky, Carolyn
STC Proceedings
2001

Abstract:

We have added so many visual and electronic aspects to our courses that there is little time for the basic skill of technical communication—clear writing that communicates a specific message to a specific audience for a specific purpose. Because we cannot provide instruction in all skills and strategies students need for all jobs now and in the future, we should focus on the basic concepts required for writing any document in any medium. We must help students learn to transfer the skills and strategies for one communication project to the next; we must help them learn to learn.