Talk about Writing: The Tutoring Strategies of Experienced Writing Center Tutors

ISBN-13: 9781138575035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 226 str.

Jo Mackiewicz; Isabelle Thompson

Opis

Talk About Writing:　The Tutoring Strategies of Experienced Writing Center Tutors　offers a book-length empirical study of the discourse between experienced tutors and student writers in satisfactory conferences. It analyzes writing center talk, focusing on tutors’ verbal strategies, at the macro- and micro-levels. The study details tutors’ use of three categories of tutoring strategies—instruction, cognitive scaffolding, and motivational scaffolding—with each chapter of the analysis ending in practical advice about tutor training.

 

Spis treści

1. Talk about Writing: An Introduction to Our Empirical Study  2. Literature Review  3. Methods  4. The Three Conference Stages and Tutoring Strategies: The Overall Results  5. Instruction Strategies  6. Cognitive Scaffolding Strategies  7. Motivational Scaffolding Strategies  8. Case Study: A Writing Center Tutor Becomes a Writing Fellow  9. Talk about Writing: A Conclusion to Our Empirical Study  Appendix A: Conducting a Conference with a Student  Appendix B: "Notes for Students" Form and Instructions  Appendix C: The T5–S5 Conference Coded for Stages, Topic Episodes, and Strategies  Appendix D: Extra Examples of Tutoring Strategies  Appendix E: Questions Coding Scheme