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Archive for May 13th, 2014

Top Five Ways to Get Out of the Teaching Rut

By Misty Brannan, Criminal Justice Professor, Kaplan University As in any job, teachers can find themselves going through the motions of their career without a real love or energy for it. […]

Forgo Facebook for 15 Minutes and Practice Your Commas!

© 2014 Clipart.com By Jay Busse, Writing Center Tutor Trying to balance family, work, and education, almost all college students are monumentally busy, but how about a little comma practice? […]

The Free Three: Tips on How to Teach APA to Any Student

By Kyle Harley, KUWC Tutor Over the past few weeks, students have been coming into our services at a rising rate seeking help with APA citation and formatting. One particular […]

Healthcare Administrative Writing, Part Three

Viola Robinson, Faculty, Kaplan University School of Health Sciences Note: This is a follow-up blog to: Healthcare Administrative Writing Part Two. Sentence structure is another area Healthcare Administrative professionals must master […]

How to Write a Sentence: Helping Students be Better Writers

Melody Pickle, PhD, Kaplan University Writing Center Specialist How do we helps students be better writers? Helping them write clear sentences is one place to start.  In order to be […]

Finding a Voice

By Stephanie Thompson, Kaplan University Composition Professor Ron Suskind’s recent New York Times Magazine article describes his family’s attempts to connect to their autistic son, Owen, through his love of […]

The Forget Kale or Chipotle Peppers-The Best Way to Learn English Quickly is Reading Method

By Jay Busse, M.A.T., Writing Center Tutor My ELL students frequently ask, “What is the fastest way to learn English?” I believe that, for ELL college students, the number one […]

Reflections on Tutor Research and Lessons Learned

By Chrissine Rios, Kaplan University Writing Center I took a Teacher Research course during the first semester of my graduate program. I would be teaching composition as a graduate assistant […]

General Literacy: Reminiscences of Early Days of “Writing Across the Curriculum”

Dr. Tamara Fudge, Professor, Kaplan University,  School of IT Long, long ago, having a college education indicated that a person had attained a general literacy, which can be defined as […]

Not Just “Writing Across the Curriculum,” But Writing Well

Dr. Tamara Fudge, Professor Kaplan University School of IT Writing well is not just a phenomenon desired in College Composition courses; it needs to be a concern in all classes. […]