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Peer reviewedGruber, Sibylle – Writing Center Journal, 1998
Raises the complementary issues of faculty/tutor collaboration and tutor-writing confidentiality at writing centers by relating a serious dilemma involving a student's blatant attempt at plagiarism of an online text. Raises concerns regarding conflicting roles of the writing center in upholding itself as a safe place for students and/or as a place…
Descriptors: Ethics, Higher Education, Plagiarism, Teacher Student Relationship
Peer reviewedTrimbur, John – Writing Center Journal, 1987
Examines some of the difficulties in peer tutoring and points out the dilemma of whether to emphasize the tutor component (apprentice model) or the peer component (colearner model). Offers a solution that incorporates elements from both stages, one that treats tutors developmentally. (NKA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Dissonance, Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Teacher Student Relationship
Peer reviewedAdams, Ronald; And Others – Writing Center Journal, 1987
Offers perspectives of four different writing lab personnel, namely: (1) a new peer tutor with writing skills but no formal training in teaching; (2) a graduate teaching assistant in writing with no tutoring experience; (3) an experienced tutor reflecting on what he wished he had been taught; and (4) a director-tutor sharing her lab experience.…
Descriptors: English Teacher Education, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Effectiveness
