by Suzanne Davis | Sep 17, 2020 | Study Skills
“I thought taking online classes would be easy.” Did you think taking classes online would give you more free time? Time to do more of what you want. Some of my students thought because they already loved online tutoring, online high school...
by Suzanne Davis | Sep 3, 2020 | College and Graduate School, Study Skills
Are your college courses on-campus or online? With some universities having only online classes and others doing in-person classes, it’s hard to know what to do to reach your goals for the semester or beyond. What techniques and strategies should you use? What...
by Suzanne Davis | Aug 20, 2020 | Studying skills
How do you focus on online classes amid a pandemic? On the news and among my colleagues, I hear the struggles students experience in studying for online classes: unfamiliarity with technology (or not enough access to it), less interaction and attention, special needs...
by Suzanne Davis | Aug 6, 2020 | Academic Writing Skills, College and Graduate School
I know it sounds a little strange on the surface. How can keeping a reading journal help you have a higher GPA? It gives you an edge over other students because it increases your ability to understand, analyze, and write about what you read—skills other...
by Suzanne Davis | Jul 2, 2020 | Writing Projects, Writing Workshop
What can you write in 90 days? There are many exciting things to do in the summer, but if you aspire to become an excellent writer—writing needs to be on your list. Writing takes practice, but if you love what you’re doing, you will keep doing it and push yourself to...
by Suzanne Davis | Jun 18, 2020 | Writing Essays and Papers
I dreaded writing personal narrative essays. I cringed when teachers assigned a personal narrative essay. I couldn’t think of an interesting story about myself. And even if I chose a fascinating personal narrative story, I struggled with how to write about it. But...
by Suzanne Davis | May 28, 2020 | Writing Process
How do you develop essay ideas? How do you find an interesting topic you can use for academic writing? Start with prewriting activities that help you unleash your thoughts and put them onto paper. What is prewriting? It is the first stage of the writing process...
by Suzanne Davis | May 14, 2020 | Reading and Research
Finding academic research online isn’t easy. When I switched from teaching at colleges to online academic tutoring, I missed going to university libraries and having access to scholarly journals and other vasts amounts of research (whether I was there in-person or...
by Suzanne Davis | Mar 26, 2020 | Writing Process
The academic writing process is like sketching a portrait. You need preparation and planning for what you will draw. You sketch, and then erase and change what you’ve drawn, and then show it to others. As you continue to work, you grow as a sketch artist. The...
by Suzanne Davis | Feb 6, 2020 | Reading and Research, Writing Technology
There are 20 million books and texts on the Internet Archive. Internet Archive is a digital library with free books, texts, videos, audio recordings, webpages, and software. It is my go-to place for research because you can find credible primary and secondary...