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Archive for June 26th, 2014

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 […]

Hooking Your Readers with Some Help from Jaws

David Healey, Kaplan University Composition Faculty Hooking your readers turns out to have a lot in common with pretending to be a shark. One of my favorite childhood memories is […]

Finding Time To Read

By Jay Busse, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Reading to improve your writing is like brushing your teeth. It is far better to do a little daily than to wait […]

Finding a Voice

By Stephanie Thompson, Kaplan University Composition Professor Ron Suskind’s recent New York Times Magazine article describes his family’s attempts to connect to their autistic son, Owen, through his love of […]

Reflections on Tutor Research and Lessons Learned

By Chrissine Rios, Kaplan University Writing Center I took a Teacher Research course during the first semester of my graduate program. I would be teaching composition as a graduate assistant […]

Reading, Writing, and Television: How Zombies (Can) Teach Literacy

Kyle Harley, KUWC Tutor As the schoolwork begins to pile up, so, too, do the students at our virtual doors seeking writing assistance. In the past few weeks, students sought […]

The Reading and Writing Connection

By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Students often want to know how they can become better writers.  While there are many possible answers to this question, perhaps the easiest […]

Summer Reading List

Welcome! Here is a peek at what some of the Kaplan University Writing Center and the Composition Faculty have been reading early this summer.  What are you reading this summer? […]

Late Summer Reading!

Continuing a summer tradition here on our KUWC blog, we want to share our summer reading picks with you.   Tell us what you are reading… Nora Ephron – I Remember […]

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