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Archive for May 11th, 2013

5 Tips that Help Students Avoid Plagiarism

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 […]

I Don’t Have Time for This! Student Writing Process

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 […]

But the Sentence is Grammatically Correct . . .

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 […]

Academic Integrity – An Ongoing Conversation

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 […]

Making Plagiarism Real: The True Cost of Academic Integrity Violations in Learning and Scholarship

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 […]

A First Look at the New Paraphrasing Quick Guide Video

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 […]

QuickTips for Revision Podcast

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 […]

Publish Student Writing: Blogging,Contests, Found Poems, and more . . .

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, […]

The Beauty of the Short Piece: The Importance of Short Writing Assignment in Academic Writing

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 […]

To Build Confident ELL Writers, Focus on Strengths

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 […]