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…

Writing centers have been working diligently to create a centripetal space to draw as many faculty and students into its collaborative learning process as possible. The degree to which writing centers have succeeded in this mission should now lead beyond the sanctum of the centers and even beyond the validated space of satellite centers. The…

Describes the modeling approach as used in North Carolina State University's tutoring program. Reviews the modeling process, which focuses on teaching the process of problem solving through example. Discusses tutor training and the content of tutorial sessions. Outlines student benefits. (AYC)

Describes major features of the peer tutoring program at State University of New York, College of New Paltz. Presents specific suggestions for hiring and training tutors, maintaining staff morale and program visibility, and conducting program evaluations. (DR)

Describes what reading coaches do (provide literacy enrichment without emphasizing the diagnostic and intervention aspects of reading), how this differs from reading tutors, and how reading coaches can help with literacy development in schools. Discusses activities for reading coaches, and benefits of a reading coach program. (SR)

Discusses concerns surrounding the future of writing centers. Claims that although most institutions have writing centers, they are generally underfunded, the staff is comprised of underpaid student workers, and the centers are not institutionally viable. (NH)

The writing center at a Maryland university prepares third-year students for nonacademic, preprofessional writing by using retired professionals as tutors. These tutors are trained by discussing readings centered around the Aristotelean schema of ethos, logos, and pathos and the more recent conception of writing as a problem-solving process. The…

The tutor training sessions at the University of Minnesota Technical College are outlined and an evaluation of the program is included. A bibliography of 38 print and 3 videotape resources for tutor training is also included. Appendixes contain the tutor and tutee handbooks and a study skills kit specifically designed for tutor training.…

The historical development and contemporary research analyses of peer tutoring with normal and handicapped children are reviewed. The evolution from the monitorial system of the mid nineteenth century to programed tutoring programs with disadvantaged students in the 1960's is traced. Benefits for teachers, tutees, and tutors are described.…

Explains the Integrated Learning Model (ILM), a computer model of information processing which postulates thought patterns during learning and its use in teaching peer tutors about the learning process. Explains the ILM's five phases: preparation, input, processing, storage, and output. Looks at strengths and weaknesses. (DMM)

This fastback document examines small education businesses that provide direct and personal instructional service to clients. Although education private-practice enterprises have not received the attention that high-profile companies have commanded, there are thousands of such one- and two-person enterprises. These practices work with and support…

Describes an adventure-based initial tutor training program designed to promote effective teamwork and enhance organizational ability. Notes that an added advantage of the outdoor activity is that it renews the importance of principles that have always made writing centers effective by metaphorically echoing the mental challenges of writing…

The importance of writing centers as places where process-centered, student-centered teaching takes place is emphasized in this paper. To illustrate this point, the paper provides profiles of four tutors--two males and two females--and discusses ways to improve tutor-student conferences, including having the tutor focus the conference on the…

This project was designed to develop and implement a model for providing a physical education program for the students at Bacon County (Georgia) Junior High School utilizing the resources available. The concept was based on the results of effective programs employing peer tutors as instructors. A corollary goal was to provide positive experiences…