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It’s Time to Talk about Reading in the Writing Center

The other day, I had an appointment with a student who needed help understanding a reading for class because she had to write a response to it.…

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When Worlds Collide: Economics in the UCWbL

I have found that the University Center for Writing-based Learning’s, (UCWbL)’s, core practice “Collaboratively set an agenda to guide your work” can be easily transferred to subjects…

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Generalized Feedback: A Disservice to Growing Writers

How do we learn to write? How do our teachers teach us to write? Do they teach us to write, or do they teach us to prioritize…

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The Intertwined Nature of Reading and Writing

“If you want to become a better writer, read more.” Since childhood I have heard this statement from those closest to me, from my grandfather, a huge…

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Rapport Building with Hesitant Writers

There is a reason that “Build and cultivate rapport” is one of the core beliefs of DePaul University’s Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL); it’s an integral way…

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Questions of New Historicism in the UCWbL

I will be using New Historicism in Literary Studies and the principles underlying New Historicism used in Classical Studies to examine the need for questions here at…

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4 Steps to Collaboratively Setting An Agenda In Advertising

A successful advertising campaign is one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish. This is because the smallest error can throw an entire campaign’s message off. The…

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What to Do When a Writer Has a Controversial Stance in an Argumentative Paper

Imagine this. You’re working at the UCWbL and you have a face-to-face appointment come in. You shake hands (in a pre-COVID era), introduce yourselves, build rapport, bada…

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It’s All About the Energy – Motivational Scaffolding

My approach to motivational scaffolding in a world of virtual learning and zoom school.

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Scaffolding from the Perspective of Politeness

My group project for my writing center course was focused on the topic of motivational scaffolding, and as my group members and I learned through the research…