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Archive for September 15th, 2023

A Shark Chomp versus a Mosquito Bite: A Primer on Mental Attitude in Writing

If you do not see the podcast player, please click here to listen. Wilia Caruthers was distraught!  Her first essay came back from Criminal Justice: An Introduction, and it was […]

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 […]

Deadlines and the Online Academic

Dr. Tamara Fudge, professor, Kaplan University School of Business and IT They say that patience is a virtue, but in reality we know it’s often in short supply. It’s 7 […]

How to Give Criticism – Positively

Linnea Hall, MSBA, JD. Professor, Kaplan University School of Business and IT   People generally think of criticism in negative terms.  After all, Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines criticism as “the act […]

If You Give Every Student 100%

Dr. Tamara Fudge, School of Business and IT Faculty, Kaplan University Of course I want to encourage my students, but simply slapping a perfect 100% on all assignments each week […]

New APA Video Guide! – Students & Research Writing

The Kaplan University Writing Center is proud to share this new video tutorial which provides a basic overview of APA. In just over five minutes,   the video  demonstrates following APA Style […]

Computer Grading and Grammar Checks

Fact: Computer grading and grammar checks are here to stay.  Automated scoring or, more accurately, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is and continues to turn language processes into algorithms. How well they […]

APA is Not Formatting (only)

For those of us who have used APA for teaching and tutoring for a long time, we sometimes say or write “APA formatting” when we discuss an assignment that requires […]

Punctuation is Not Grammar. . .

The terms grammar and punctuation are often used interchangeably.  While we use both grammar and punctuation to clearly explicate our ideas for our readers, they are not the same. Simplified […]

APA Is Not Grammar

…and grammar is not APA… Both APA and grammar influence how we read a paper, and they can both be factors when grading. However, it can really help students if […]

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