tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.comments2024-01-08T13:52:47.278-07:00PeerCenteredClint Gardnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07671508034667904543noreply@blogger.comBlogger1162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-55118297804860800002023-06-01T12:25:40.049-06:002023-06-01T12:25:40.049-06:00Nice post thank you CalvinNice post thank you CalvinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-89185183970751051022021-02-04T22:37:57.498-07:002021-02-04T22:37:57.498-07:00Hi Will, Great experiment! When students learn in...Hi Will, Great experiment! When students learn in collaboration they learn far better. Recently I found many online programs, where they use such innovative tactics. Peer tutoring not only engage students well but also encourages them to learn in a fast space. I really appreciate your experiment and the efforts you put. Tutors need to think out of the box and upskill themselves to serve better. It requires a passion for teaching. Thanks for sharing your research work. Keep sharing!Rum Tanhttps://smiletutor.sg/register-as-tutor/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-47144587471298650022020-10-09T10:55:11.693-06:002020-10-09T10:55:11.693-06:00Very well said dear Rachel. I'm a fresh tutor ...Very well said dear Rachel. I'm a fresh tutor and all I wanted was to hear these words. Any advice on tutor training is highly appreciated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925486480497831835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-47657889160103560472019-11-01T11:35:08.455-06:002019-11-01T11:35:08.455-06:00This is beautiful. i 'm so sorry for the depre...This is beautiful. i 'm so sorry for the depression part of it. In my own center, i see that many of us suffer from that or anxiety or both. i wonder how prevalent it is in our field... Both certainly have their place in my own life, though i wish they would depart.dtpegasushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06439918996532058744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-21815961093512031412019-11-01T10:36:36.641-06:002019-11-01T10:36:36.641-06:00What an awesome reflection on writing center work,...What an awesome reflection on writing center work, Kendyl!<br />Clint Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534333959460032669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-86798619984190744052018-04-18T10:05:26.958-06:002018-04-18T10:05:26.958-06:00What a challenging situation! I wonder what the st...What a challenging situation! I wonder what the student might have said if you had asked her directly what she wanted to get out of the session. Perhaps she was really looking for validation rather than help. Pushing her to establish a goal might have made it easier to be assertive, because you'd be bringing her back to what *she* said she wanted to work on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-49231191142280228862018-03-15T23:18:04.074-06:002018-03-15T23:18:04.074-06:00Love this! Good job Katrina! Love this! Good job Katrina! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-91118929819350780082018-03-01T10:42:19.757-07:002018-03-01T10:42:19.757-07:00Sometimes it's not the questions we ask, but h...Sometimes it's not the questions we ask, but how we introduce those questions. And it's appropriate to pivot away from grammar toward bigger issues, if you include the client in the process. Would the session have gone differently if you had said, "I think we could make this paragraph/section clearer for your reader. Do you want to work on that?" And, if the answer was yes, "I want to ask you some questions to help me understand your argument more clearly. Can you tell me more specifically the ways that police treat African American communities differently?" Of course, it's always easy to think of better ways to phrase things when you're not in the middle of the session, thinking on the fly!Emily Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-59244313214124542512018-02-23T14:23:21.553-07:002018-02-23T14:23:21.553-07:00Thanks for the feedback, I'll be sure to keep ...Thanks for the feedback, I'll be sure to keep this in mind!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084953392565053688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-27340881723886836722018-02-22T09:51:13.141-07:002018-02-22T09:51:13.141-07:00I love the solutions you presented here, Jaden! Co...I love the solutions you presented here, Jaden! Communication is definitely key. :) It's especially tough to work with short pieces of writing (and even more so when the writing has already received a high grade)! Something I may have done during this session was to talk about introductory paragraphs and thesis statements in general. Maybe the student was lacking some confidence with their intro and so was seeking your opinion as a reader. While I assume the writer did a great job on their writing, maybe it would have been helpful if you shared your perceptions of the paper that would follow such an intro. It might be that you weren't picking up all of the subtopics the writer intended to discuss in the rest of their paper, and this might give the writer something more to think about as they crafted their intro. I always try to find something a writer can "hang onto" in my consultations, a piece of knowledge or know-how that will help them in future writing assignments. In this case, I think I'd have gotten the writer thinking about their audience and how an intro paragraph lays the groundwork for readers. nicoleashleytownsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09954270208925510906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-71245634200216533112017-06-01T09:48:13.882-06:002017-06-01T09:48:13.882-06:00Thank you for sharing your experience and skills! ...Thank you for sharing your experience and skills! The non-native mindset is an excellent way to approach EAL students. Nitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774573869987462254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-91051095443030761722017-02-13T12:04:16.460-07:002017-02-13T12:04:16.460-07:00Even those of us who are English majors, minors, a...Even those of us who are English majors, minors, and teachers struggle to maintain writing confidence. Tyler, remember that keen critical thinking is as important to good writing (if not more important) than structure, syntax, and "every last participle, tense, and citation style."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15723223913135742726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-38869533285879193922017-02-07T09:44:40.328-07:002017-02-07T09:44:40.328-07:00And here is an interesting article about a scienti...And here is an interesting article about a scientist/writer at Johns Hopkins: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_basic_biomedical_sciences/news_events/articles_and_stories/employment/2011_04_scientists_who_write.htmlClint Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534333959460032669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-75449698164197351472017-02-07T09:42:59.750-07:002017-02-07T09:42:59.750-07:00Welcome aboard, Tyler! Science writing is an inte...Welcome aboard, Tyler! Science writing is an interesting field. So many people seem to believe that it is completely limited to writing lab reports, field notes, or the like. Have you read any Stephen Jay Gould? I recall that one of his goals was to show that writing in the sciences could be interesting, entertaining, and artful, yet still scientific. I would venture to say that some scientists were really excellent and provocative writers. I mean think about it: Einstein, Newton, Huxley, Darwin, etc. all wrote extensively outside the typical genres of modern science.Clint Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534333959460032669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-21554807711319593272016-10-26T02:43:43.542-06:002016-10-26T02:43:43.542-06:00Wow!Wow!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371187885328276169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-49429488427814726722016-06-25T18:20:44.098-06:002016-06-25T18:20:44.098-06:00Great job opening the mind of a young student to t...Great job opening the mind of a young student to the feedback of others!Jared Randhttps://www.theknowledgeroundtable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-1299770548857436442016-03-16T06:21:44.866-06:002016-03-16T06:21:44.866-06:00Cool!Cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-13047234538502641112015-10-31T11:59:14.888-06:002015-10-31T11:59:14.888-06:00It is awesome blog.It is awesome blog.Jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-91903924828807288302015-10-17T09:30:38.799-06:002015-10-17T09:30:38.799-06:00That's very interesting post.That's very interesting post.Sharda Hinkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03049412878821578827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-78004767550035213532015-07-21T02:02:11.622-06:002015-07-21T02:02:11.622-06:00I am really impressed with this post. I am really impressed with this post. Jennifer Bacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00058000908279665389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-42057659614095757982015-06-11T10:41:20.624-06:002015-06-11T10:41:20.624-06:00Definitely a great thing to keep in mind here. Peo...Definitely a great thing to keep in mind here. People learn in lots of different ways, and some are more effective for an individual than others. I can definitely say I'm a visualizer, myself! Jordanhttp://birdeye.com/learningrx-607782240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-2629591677709262592015-04-06T23:58:58.553-06:002015-04-06T23:58:58.553-06:00Hello! Thank you for your article. I’d like to try...Hello! Thank you for your article. I’d like to try to compare it to my previous experience of learning through Skype on online classes for free. I did around 10 conversations over Skype with a native speaker from http://preply.com/en. And I was pretty satisfied with their Quality. I think they have a strong teaching quality. Following their course curriculum now I can speak english like a native.You can also be a part of it , please see the tutor pages. But I Want to try another optionAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281935452466842830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-71914713662103595522015-03-15T07:48:22.347-06:002015-03-15T07:48:22.347-06:00Thank you for your post Maryam! You mentioned a ve...Thank you for your post Maryam! You mentioned a very interesting point about learning during a session. No matter how confident a consultant feels during a session, they are encouraged to avoid claiming expertise. Afterall, students are consistently faced with authoritarian figures throughout their academic careers. This is why we emphasize the term "peer" consultant. Great job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190951439286385916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-62728403009620280602015-03-09T13:33:07.370-06:002015-03-09T13:33:07.370-06:00Awww, this is cute! I liked this very much, and su...Awww, this is cute! I liked this very much, and surprisingly, helped me for a tutor session.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790062.post-24910895872510910362015-01-26T12:50:29.244-07:002015-01-26T12:50:29.244-07:00Thank you for share this informative post.Thank you for share this informative post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210877218282157153noreply@blogger.com