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Archive for June 5th, 2014

Practical Strategies for Teaching Style and Formatting

Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Learning to use APA and other citation styles correctly is often daunting and frustrating for student writers.   For some, citation and formatting may […]

Professional Communication Begins with You

By Misty Brannan, Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice, Kaplan University The upcoming generations are more technically advanced than most professors were at younger ages.  This technology is helpful and has brought […]

I Write Just Like I Talk

By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor One area where students often express having difficulties is using standard dialects like Standard American English.    Students often tell me, “I have […]

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 […]

Why Crafting a Thesis is Cultural

By Chrissine Rios, KUWC Writing Tutor Thesis-support essay organization is standard in academic writing, yet it doesn’t come naturally to all students. Essay organization reflects the way we organize thoughts, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]