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Munje, Paul Nwati; Nanima, Robert Doya; Clarence, Sherran – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2018
Peer tutoring in higher education aims to enhance student learning, and confidence. In writing centres, peer writing tutors use critical questioning to make the tutorial sessions student-focused and productive. The nature of questions influences the outcomes of the tutorials, yet research has not devoted sufficient time to unpacking what form this…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Writing Instruction
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Jensen, Amber – Across the Disciplines, 2012
A pilot program in a public high school positions experienced student writing center tutors to become WAC liaisons who foster writing across the curriculum by raising questions, identifying needs, and providing support to their teachers with the goal of strengthening writing instruction school-wide. This article discusses the background and…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Writing Across the Curriculum, Student Writing Models, Pilot Projects
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Newcomb, Andrew F.; Bagwell, Catherine L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Discusses the use of a teaching fellows program (undergraduates teaching undergraduates) in a psychology laboratory class. Examines the goals, outcomes, curriculum, and implementation of the laboratory class and how these were impacted through the use of teaching fellows. Includes a table showing curriculum, content area, laboratory activities,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Objectives, Experimental Psychology, Higher Education