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Archive for August 29th, 2013

The Grammar Hammer

  Kyle Harley, Tutor,  Kaplan University Writing Center “The Grammar Hammer,” as a former professor of mine once said, flattens out any and all possibility for exploration and exposure with […]

Outlines that Work, Sentence Essentials, and Punctuation Review

The Kaplan University Writing Center offers approximately ten live workshops each month.  These workshops are recorded and made available each month on the Writing Workshops page.  This month we discussed […]

The Who of the Writing Center

Melody Pickle, Ph.D.  Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University I have been thinking this week about the work we do in the Kaplan University Writing Center.  I suppose in many ways […]

Providing Feedback on Faith-Based Claims in Persuasive Essays

By Chrissine Rios, Full-Time Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center When providing feedback on student writing, nothing challenges me more than addressing Bible-backed support for claims in a persuasive essay. […]

Diversity in the Online Classroom

by Rathi Krishnan, Full-time faculty, Department of Composition, School of General Education, Kaplan University I presented at the IJAS   — International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference on  May, 28th., 2013, which […]

Jerry Seinfeld & His Writing Process (Video)

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University In this entertaining, yet serious, video interview, Jerry Seinfeld reveals his writing process for writing jokes and his  show. Let’s talk about […]

Addicting Students to Prewriting

By Galia Fussell and Fran Gregg Surprisingly, many students do not connect thinking with writing, so prewriting is not part of their repertoire.  Instead, a number of students announce that […]

KUWC July 15 – 19 Workshops

Kaplan University Writing Center Workshops are alive and well this summer.  Don’t forget to join us.  Live workshops are open to all Kaplan students and faculty.  To find the links […]

A Hot Cup of Tea on a Hot Day and Pre-Writing Strategies

By David Healey Students often fall into two categories when it comes to their first writing class. One group seems excited about putting pen to paper and says that their […]

APA: Citing Databases, URL’s, and DOI’s

By Melody Pickle One question we see in the KUWC is “Do I include the Database name in my citation?”  Well, as with most aspects of APA, there is not […]