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News & Announcements

Check out the new web guide for designing and implementing cocurricular assessment programs.

John Hoffman will be a featured speaker at a one-day conference, "Exploring and Evaluating Spiritual Development in Students." The conference, sponsored by the Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy at San Diego State University, will be held on March 16, 2007. Click here to view the conference brochure.

John presented Implementing a Comprehensive Assessment Program: Can I Get One Hour a Month? with Shauna Young on June 18, 2006 at the International Assessment and Retention Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Shauna is involved in NASPA Region VI's Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community as the sub-chair for Southern California.

John presented Christian Students on Campus: Privileged or Oppressed? Stereotyped or Misunderstood? at NASPA's Multicultural Institute held December 8-10 in Las Vegas, NV. more...

John Hoffman and Marla Franco presented Assessment in Student Affairs at the Western Regional Careers in Student Affairs Day held at California State University, Long Beach on October 21, 2005. Click here to see the handout.

John Hoffman and Katie Lowitzki had their research article, "Predicting College Success with High School Grades and Test Scores: Limitations for Minority Students," published in the most recent issue of The Review of Higher Education more...

John along with his brother, Louis, and several colleagues, presented two papers in April at the International Convention of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies (CAPS), held in Dallas, TX: Cultural Diversity and the God Image (read the paper) and Modern and Postermodern Ways of Knowing (read the paper).

John Hoffman, along with his wife, Joy, and colleague Andre Coleman, presented "Surprise and Sense-Making: Using Assessment to Improve Student of Color Retention" in March at the 2005 NASPA Conference in Tampa, FL more...

Growth, The Journal of the Association of Christians in Student Development, will publish the results of recent research by John in which he developed a typology of student involvement at a Christian University more...

 

 

Writing Resources

 

Online Writing Resources

 

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity: A Letter to My Students by William M. Taylor

This is a fine read on a very important topic in higher education today.

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines

This resource, developed by Duke Univeristy, does a fine job addressing the fact that failing to cite sources correctly is a form of plagiarism.

APA Style

APA Style.org

This is a resource provided by APA. It includes update information, resources, tips, and an email services where you can sign up to receive update information via email.

APA Reference Citations and Reference Page Helps

This source. developed by Dr. Louis Hoffman, is especially helpful for students with specific questions about citations in APA style.

Citing Works from Edited Texts

Because many students make mistakes when citing content from edited textbooks and other edited works, I developed this set of examples to help teach the main points.

Grammar

Guide to Grammar and Writing

This cite, developed by the Capital Community College Foundation in Hartford, Connecticut is an excellent resource for questions about grammar -- everything from the passive voice to parallel construction.

The OWL Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Another excellent source, OWL provides online learning labs, workshops, tutorials, and even access to writing tutors.

Scholarly Writing

Academic Writing: A Key to Success in the Ed.D. Program

Dr. Shaun Harper developed this PowerPoint presentation as introducation to scholarly writing for new students in the Ed.D. program at USC while he was the program director. This is a great place to start if you are new to scholarly writing -- the presentation addresses key points and common mistakes.

Determining if a Resource is Scholarly

Many students have a difficult time determining whether or not a resource is scholarly. This cite provides a nice introduction to the topic.

The Academic Center at the University of Houston Victoria

This site provides helpful information on a variety of topic ranging from pre-writing to primary and secondary sources to the use of grammar. The link to "writing research papers" is especially helpful.

 

Print Writing Resources

 

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Lerner, M. (1994). Writing smart: Your guide to great writing. New York: Random House.
The Princeton Review. (1998). Grammar smart: A guide to perfect usage. New York: Random House.
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