The Big Misconception about Writing to Learn
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Who’s heard this one before? “I can’t write.” In the twenty years that I’ve been tutoring writing, I’ve heard it a bunch. Even if you’ve been...
Teaching college writing / Writing Across the Curriculum / Writing Center Pedagogy / Writing-to-learn
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 10, 2015
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Who’s heard this one before? “I can’t write.” In the twenty years that I’ve been tutoring writing, I’ve heard it a bunch. Even if you’ve been...
Tutors / Writing Center Pedagogy
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published January 7, 2015 · Last modified January 6, 2015
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor “Minimalist Tutoring: Making the Student Do All the Work” by Jeff Brooks first appeared in The Writing Lab Newsletter almost 25 years ago, long before online learning...
Technology and Writing / Tutors / Writing Center Pedagogy
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published December 17, 2014 · Last modified December 16, 2014
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor The writing center serves all university students, including those with learning disabilities. According to the Learning Disabilities Act of 1968, a learning disability is “a disorder in...
Tutors / Writing Center Pedagogy
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published December 10, 2014 · Last modified December 8, 2014
Molly Wright Starkweather, Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center Leveraging video technology for asynchronous tutoring in writing across the curriculum can be an exciting prospect, especially for online writing centers. All of a sudden, there...
Online Writing Instruction / Technology and Writing / Tutors / Writing Center Pedagogy
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published May 20, 2014 · Last modified May 16, 2014
Melody Pickle, Kaplan University Academic Center Manager In the online digital space that is Kaplan University Writing Center, we (the KUWC) engage with students to make meaning and create spaces for learning. The Kaplan University...