Paraphrasing with Purpose
If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Curt pushed away from his computer in frustration. He felt like he’d been staring at the same words on the screen for...
Category: Research Writing
6 Ultimate Resources on APA and Avoiding Plagiarism
by Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Students frequently ask writing tutors for help with APA citations and formatting as well as how to avoid and understand plagiarism. Instructors, as well, contact...
Your Students are 13 Minutes Away From Avoiding Plagiarism
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Avoiding plagiarism begins with knowing how to quote, paraphrase, summarize, and cite sources. Knowing the university plagiarism policy can help too, for it will typically clarify...
Why Isn’t My Personal Opinion Good Enough? How to Establish an Educated Opinion in Academic Writing
Terresa Fontana Kaplan University Faculty, Department of Educational Studies I’ve served as a professor in the online college environment, teacher in the high school English and literature classroom, and student through various degree programs....
Here Are Some Methods Helping English Language Learners Avoid Plagiarism
Sometimes instructors and tutors miss the mark when teaching students how to avoid plagiarism. With a TurnItIn® report as evidence of the offense, plagiarism is treated as a matter of ignorance–of citation rules, the plagiarism...
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. I want my feedback...
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 of their regular everyday...
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 that showing students the...
Teaching Students to Paraphrase and Avoid Plagiarism
Paraphrasing is a key part of research writing. It is also a learned skill that can be very difficult for students. Many students are accused of plagiarism because of improper paraphrasing. Research writing is...
APA Guidelines Times New Roman…Not Required
There seems to be a great deal of confusion and discussion about Times New Roman as the only acceptable font by those who follow APA Style® guidelines. In short, this is not true. Yes,...