The test, which only requires a pen, paper and timer, can pick up early signs of cognitive decline considered a precursor to dementia. It involves picking a large category, with common examples being ...

Travis Grandy is a PhD student in Composition and Rhetoric at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Find him on Twitter @travisgrandy or at his website. I work with a lot of instructors who use ...

Experts tend to complete writing tasks more quickly than novices by combining or skipping steps due to years of practice and mastery. Our students often come to us as novices who are still learning ...