By Josef Vice, Composition Faculty, Kaplan University, Course Lead for CM 107 The grading process can really be time consuming and challenging, especially if you are following all your university and […]
By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center This video emphasizes the importance of being able to receive feedback in order to improve a piece of writing. Sometimes, when […]
Welcome! Here is a peek at what some of the Kaplan University Writing Center and the Composition Faculty have been reading early this summer. What are you reading this summer? […]
By Joni Boone In my role as a tutor, I speak with students daily about how to incorporate research into their papers and projects and how to avoid plagiarism. Lack […]
Welcome to June in the Kaplan University Writing Center. This month our Writing Workshops will focus on Research Writing. We have a series of three hour-long workshops that focus on […]
By Kyle Harley In the not-so-distant past, I encountered an overly-downtrodden student that, among other issues, came to a Live Tutoring session with his tail between his legs regarding a […]
By Molly Wright Starkweather A recent blog post by Teresa Kelly focuses on showing student writers how plagiarism has a real impact on their quality of education. A related way […]
By Lisa Gerardy, MA As you probably know if you read this blog regularly, it is Plagiarism Month. Earlier in the month, Melody Pickle wrote a helpful blog on helping […]
By Melody Pickle, Ph.D, KUWC Writing Specialist, WAC Learning to write in an academically acceptable research style is a complex writing task. To complete this task student writers must step outside […]
The student writing experience is often characterized by last minute editing and preparation. (Okay, sometimes, those of us who have been writing for eons procrastinate.) I actually tell students it […]