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Archive for April 10th, 2026

Using POLKA: Writing With the Reader in Mind

Whenever we write, whether it be a paper for class or an email for work, we tend to focus on the details of the message we are trying to convey. […]

Success with the Feynman Technique

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Learning requires effort. As I talked about in a previous episode on Using the SQ3R Reading Method, academic […]

Using the SQ3R Reading Method

If you do not see the podcast, click here to listen. Many students, while they know how to read, struggle with the challenges of academic reading. It’s different. I can […]

A Two-Pronged Approach To Better Writing: Practice And Reading!

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Zinnia Tabbleforth was concerned: a junior in college, her major was earth science, and her goal was to work for […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are taking a break this holiday weekend to thank you for listening, reading, and subscribing to the Resource Center & Blog. We will return two weeks from today with […]

Searching for Reading Material: A Little Murder, a Little Mystery

Dr. Tamara Fudge Purdue University Global Professor, Business and Information Technology   It’s pretty easy to go to a bookstore at the local mall or search online and find all […]

Read and Write Outside the Classroom, Too.

Sara Wink, Purdue University Global Composition Faculty For months, my daughter asked—not quite begging, but close—for a “real bike.” Her Radio Flyer big wheel just barely contained her lanky frame, […]

Weighing the Books

By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center My home office-by-day/studio-at-heart is one of my favorite places for many reasons, and about 200 of them are books. Some have […]

Better Readers = Better Writers and Thinkers

Amy Sexton, Purdue University Global Writing Center Tutor   As a writing tutor, I often tutor reading.  Those who understand the inextricable connections between reading and writing will realize that […]

Mindful Reading and Living: A Book Review

Jan Chozen Bays’ How to Train a Wild Elephant & Other Adventures in Mindfulness (229 pages) Reviewed by Kathleen Bishop, Adjunct Faculty, Kaplan University Health Sciences Dept. Who should read […]

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