Verbosity
Dr. Tamara Fudge, Kaplan University Professor in the School of Business and IT We’ve all gotten those papers – the verbose ones where every sentence feels like a lead weight and has to...
Tagged: College Writing
Becoming More Accountable for the Accountable
Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Accountability is a wonderful word that is used quite a bit in higher education. In recent weeks, I wrestled with the idea of accountability within our construct of education....
Helping Students Learn to Revise and Edit Their Own Writing
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Providing effective feedback on students’ writing can be challenging, especially when we consider what we want students to be able to do based on our feedback. As...
How to Make Your Students’ Writing Matter—to Them and to You
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Academic writing doesn’t come naturally to most new college students. Writing formally can be like wearing stiff new shoes to a special occasion: uncomfortable if not...
Writing to Make a Difference
Stephanie Thompson Composition Professor, Kaplan University I have been teaching composition for over 20 years in a variety of settings, both at brick-and-mortar and online schools. One constant across the years has been the...
The honesty threshold: It wasn’t plagiarized that much. Should I say something or let it slide?
Dr. Tamara Fudge, professor in the School of IT Honesty is an important workplace trait. Lack of honesty can be damaging to the person and to the company. To ensure student honesty, then, the...
Using Metacognition and Schema Theory to Teach Reading Skills
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor As educators, we realize the many positive outcomes for students who read recreationally (see The Reading and Writing Connection and The Forget Kale or Chipotle Peppers-the Best...
Understanding the “It” in Academic Writing
Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor When I first began thinking about the concept of “It,” as one with a twisted imagination might, I pictured a creepy circus clown by the name of...
Writing in the Online Environment: Strategies to Create a Lasting Impression
Terresa Fontana Kaplan University Faculty, Department of Educational Studies What kind of impression can you make in seven seconds? According to research conducted by NYU, we make at least eleven conclusions about others within...
Five Steps to Writing with Mindfulness
Kathleen A. Bishop, MS, PhD, Kaplan University Health Sciences Faculty Today is the day I’ve decided to write my first blog post for the KUWC, and like all writers I am a little nervous...