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Archive for May 27th, 2015

Including High-Performing Students in Systematic Outreach

Teresa Kelly, Composition Faculty, Kaplan University Due to the essential nature of writing skills for student success and retention, Composition faculty spend significant time motivating struggling student writers to improve […]

Simply Being Simpler: Simple Advice to Help Your Students Understand

Kyle Harley Writing Center Tutor, Kaplan University Over the course of the past decade, as a writing tutor, I still find myself struggling to understand how and why situations involving […]

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 […]

The Free Three: Tips on How to Teach APA to Any Student

By Kyle Harley, KUWC Tutor Over the past few weeks, students have been coming into our services at a rising rate seeking help with APA citation and formatting. One particular […]

Save Trees: Teach with Internet Tagging

by Carrie Hannigan, M.S. Spring cleaning led me to think about how I organize information through internet tagging. Okay, so I wasn’t actually cleaning, but moving large binders of paper […]

How Teachers Can Avoid Burnout

Stress is a universal concept all teachers relate to as they teeter on the edge of burnout.  Stress is the body’s way  of responding to any kind of demand, both […]

“Katie” or “Kate” – What’s in a name?

In recent headlines, it has been said that Katie Holmes is officially using her name, “Katie”, despite her soon-to-be ex-husband’s insistence on calling her “Kate.” What’s in a name? Brain […]

Why WAC is Really About Collaboration and Touching Interests beyond Your Content Area.

Why WAC is Really About Collaboration and Touching Interests beyond Your Content Area. As Sheryl Bone and I put the final changes on our presentation for the International Writing Across […]

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