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Understandings of the Role of the One-to-One Writing Tutor in a U.K. University Writing Centre: Multiple Perspectives
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Liu, Chang; Harwood, Nigel – Written Communication, 2022
This article presents findings from a study of a U.K. university writing centre regarding understandings of tutor roles, involving 33 Chinese international students, 11 writing tutors, and the centre director. The research used interviews and audio-recorded consultations as data to analyze and explore participants' beliefs and understandings. The…
Descriptors: Writing Teachers, Tutors, Writing (Composition), Laboratories
Tutoring: To Hire or Not to Hire Pro? What Are the Differences?
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Cathia Papi; Caroline Charbonneau; René Beauparlant; Marie Beigas – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2024
This study focuses on the practices implemented by tutors, considering education professionals, especially teachers, on the one hand, and on the other, non-education professionals, namely students. Interviews with 24 tutors, inspired by the explicitation interview technique, enabled us to determine that the nine most frequently implemented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutor Training, Tutoring, Tutors
Tutoring the Tutors: Supporting Effective Personal Tutoring
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McFarlane, Kathryn J. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2016
The research into personal tutoring in higher education from a tutor's perspective suggests that tutors lack training in tutoring and may lack clarity as to the purpose and boundaries of the role. This article explores personal tutors' perceptions of their confidence and competence in relation to personal tutoring and identifies strategies that…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Tutors, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Automatic Detection of Tutoring Styles Based on Tutors' Behavior
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Bendjebar, Safia; Lafifi, Yacine; Zedadra, Amina – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2016
In e-learning systems, tutors have a significant impact on learners' life to increase their knowledge level and to make the learning process more effective. They are characterized by different features. Therefore, identifying tutoring styles is a critical step in understanding the preference of tutors on how to organize and help the learners. In…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutoring, Tutor Training, Tutorial Programs
Effects of Training Peer Tutors in Content Knowledge versus Tutoring Skills on Giving Feedback to Help Tutees' Complex Tasks
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Hsiao, Ya Ping; Brouns, Francis; van Bruggen, Jan; Sloep, Peter B. – Educational Studies, 2015
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of training tutors in content knowledge of a particular domain versus training them in tutoring skills of pedagogical knowledge when tutoring on a complex tutee task. Forty-seven tutor--tutee pairs of fourth-year secondary school students were created and assigned to one of the two treatments.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutor Training, Peer Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Tutor Training for Problem Based Learning in Undergraduate Psychology Courses
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Mühlfelder, Manfred; Konermann, Tobias; Borchard, Linda-Marie – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2015
In this paper we describe a "Train the Tutor" programme (TtT) for developing the metacognitive skills, facilitator skills, and tutor skills of students in a problem based learning (PBL) context. The purpose of the programme was to train 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students in psychology to become effective PBL tutors for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Based Learning, Tutor Training, Program Design