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Research Writing about Writing

What I Wish I Knew About Writing an Undergraduate Thesis

As I embarked on my journey to write my Honors Senior Thesis, I believed that I had harnessed the experiences necessary to write without a problem. Since…

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Multilingualism Outreach and Events Research

Honest Collaboration in Conversation and Culture

During the last couple quarters, the research team has participated in many assessment projects, aimed at assessing the current state of our writing center and our various…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Research Writing about Writing

Growth, Reflection, Ink and Paper

While reflecting on my own experiences at DePaul from the various perspectives as a student, elevator, and Chicago Quarter Mentor, it became clear to me that in…

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New Tutors Research

APA: Non-Biased Language, Paraphrasing, and References

APA style is used in most scientific and research writing. Because these areas can cover very complex and complicated topics, it is important to provide as much…

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Four Steps to Doing Research: How We Collaborated with Outreach

Recently, I asked several UCWbLers who are not Research Team members: what would you describe as the major projects or goals of the Research Team? I received…

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Screencasting and its Implementation into Writing Centers

Whether you love it, hate it, or are afraid of it, Screencasting is probably here to stay because Edward E. would be very upset if it did…

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Research Round-Up: Positive and Negative Politeness

Writers and tutors alike know that face-to-face appointments are sometimes saddled with awkwardness. How do you get to know someone in just half an hour? What do…

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The Research Team: Where Transparency Meets Tutoring

The UCWbL maintains core values: Collaboration, Diversity, Reflection, Respect, Revision, and Transparency. The Research Team utilizes all these things but focuses on upholding one in particular: transparency. We…

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Research Round Up: Transfer in Writing Center Courses

As I was applying to be a writing tutor, I learned that one of my graduate courses in the fall would be Writing Center Theory and pedagogy.…

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New Media Research Writing about Writing

Why do we create Portfolios?

It is without a doubt that many of us at DePaul, regardless of where we may be in our college experience, have had the e-portfolio assignment. As…