By Carrie Hannigan, M.S. Having taught composition and technical writing courses for over eight years, I feel I have a pretty good grasp on grammar and mechanics, though I freely […]
By Melody Pickle One way the Kaplan University Writing Center is helping students understand Academic Integrity is by designating May as Plagiarism Awareness month. The Writing Across the Curriculum emphasis at Kaplan […]
By Teresa Kelly During Plagiarism Education Week, educators have an opportunity and an obligation to assess the presentation of academic integrity to students. When students violate academic integrity policies, changing […]
By Joni Boone Incorporating research into papers and projects is a difficult task for many students, and learning to paraphrase is a key component of that task. I often find […]
by Carrie Hannigan, M.S. Spring cleaning led me to think about how I organize information through internet tagging. Okay, so I wasn’t actually cleaning, but moving large binders of paper […]
Online Writing Instruction (OWI) is a viable method for teaching writing that has its own methodologies and pedagogies (Hewtt, 2010). While this field continues to grow and adapt to the […]
Don’t miss Quick Tips for Revision, the latest Effective Writing Podcast by Kurtis Clements. The KUWC provides this and other podcasts as learning resources. These entertaining podcasts are a great way […]
Attaching student writing to wider audiences and real world situations by publishing their writing both inside and outside the classroom encourages students to think of themselves as writers (Atwell, 1998; Graves, […]
Whenever I received a writing assignment in college, one of the first pieces of information I looked for was the page length requirement. When one wasn’t provided, or when an […]
One of my new graduate students in the English Language Learner (ELL) Tutoring and Outreach Program forwarded an email to me from her professor to show that she was given […]
