By Kyle Harley In the not-so-distant past, I encountered an overly-downtrodden student that, among other issues, came to a Live Tutoring session with his tail between his legs regarding a […]
By Molly Wright Starkweather A recent blog post by Teresa Kelly focuses on showing student writers how plagiarism has a real impact on their quality of education. A related way […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
