By Bertha Alyssa Villarreal How Lack of sleep can hinder academic writing performance Bertha Alyssa Villarreal, a college sophomore attending the University of Texas-Pan American has recently uncovered a negative correlation between the lack of sleep and academic writing performance in college students. She decided to create a video to provide students with the knowledge that lack of sleep affects academic writing. Throughout the month of October in 2014, at the UTPA cam

By Kassandra Montes Download the Game and Instructions Here Students with ADHD are not being taught effectively Kassandra Montes a student at the University of Texas Pan-American created an interesting game to help children with ADHD become better readers. Kassandra conducted a research study in which she observed and interviewed a 10 year old boy with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). She was looking at how he has difficulties while reading and underst

By Jorge Pina Visit MusiClear I developed a website called MusiClear that can benefit many UTPA students when it comes to writing essays. I developed this website after noticing that many of my fellow classmates and other college-goers face writer's block. Writer’s block is the inability to create any new work and it’s something that is very common when it comes to writing. I conducted an experiment with several UTPA freshmen. I also selected 5 general music genres: Bl

By Noel Barajas After conducting research on October 22nd, 2014 at the University of Texas Pan-American a student by the name of Noel Barajas found that even though First Year College English students were doing amazing in revision, they hadn’t learned how to revise until the beginning of their college semester. Noel stated,” a major problem with students is they are not learning from their teachers because teachers are not teaching the importance of proper revision in high