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Peer reviewedMarcus, Harriet – English Journal, 1984
Describes how a writing center was established at Oak Knoll School in New Jersey which used honors English students as its staff and how it helped relieve students' negative attitudes towards writing. (CRH)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach, Peer Teaching, Secondary Education
Capossela, Toni-Lee – 1997
Until recently, the conventional wisdom about the conjunction of peer tutoring and writing in the disciplines was that a tutor unfamiliar with subject matter actually operated at an advantage. In spite of some of the theoretical advantages of ignorance, recent research suggests that it is difficult to ask probing questions and make useful…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Remedial Instruction
Peer reviewedCogie, Jane; Strain, Kim; Lorinskas, Sharon – Writing Center Journal, 1999
Describes how one writing center with many English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students has integrated the "cultural informant" role of tutors with their role of teaching self-editing strategies. Reviews the process of introducing ESL students to use of a learner's dictionary, minimal marking, and error logs. Offers examples of using these…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English (Second Language), Error Correction, Higher Education
Download full textHolladay, John M. – 1990
During winter semester 1989, Monroe County Community College (MCCC) developed a Writing Fellows program and introduced a Writing Center into the Learning Assistance Lab (LAL). Both these iniatives were part of the school's writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) efforts which had been launched in fall 1987. Writing Fellows are specially-trained peer…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learning Laboratories, Newsletters, Peer Teaching
Holladay, John – 1989
An evaluation is provided of two aspects of Monroe County Community College's (MCCC's) writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) program: a Writing Center and peer tutoring by instructor-nominated Writing Fellows. Introductory remarks in Part 1 highlight the benefits of the college's programs for faculty, Writing Fellows, the college administration, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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
