English Language Learners / feedback / Grammar / Resources / WAC Classroom
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published March 25, 2014 · Last modified March 24, 2014
By Chrissine Rios, KUWC ELL Support Instructors teaching Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) know that writing and learning go together—writing is a method for acquiring content, and providing feedback on the writer’s purpose, ideas,...
feedback / Online Writing Instruction
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published November 3, 2013
Last week, I attended the webcast Office Hours: Students Share Successful Feedback Tips because I think it is always good to hear what students have to say about feedback. In the KUWC, one of the primary...
feedback / Online Writing Instruction / Resources / Tutors
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published September 17, 2013 · Last modified September 12, 2013
Students tell tutors what they would never tell their instructors: that their children do their Internet research, that they don’t speak English so are using an online translator, that they made up the...
Academic Writing / feedback / Online Writing Instruction
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 22, 2013
By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center This video emphasizes the importance of being able to receive feedback in order to improve a piece of writing. Sometimes, when students write (or when...
Academic Writing / English Language Learners / feedback
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published March 28, 2013 · Last modified June 4, 2020
One of my new graduate students in the English Language Learner (ELL) Tutoring and Outreach Program forwarded an email to me from her professor to show that she was given three extra days to...
Academic Writing / feedback / multimodal / Videos
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published March 7, 2013 · Last modified March 14, 2013
Screencasting is a tool that allows users to capture and share activities from their screen, making demonstrating a concept simple. The Kaplan University Writing Center uses screencasting software (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html) to provide paper reviews to...
feedback / Grading / Grammar / Uncategorized
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published March 4, 2013
Celebrate National Grammar Day in your own (positive) way. Share the grammar tip that helps you the most as you write. You don’t have to love grammar (or even like it) to celebrate the...