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Writing Centers and Tutors
Writing centers are established environments (either brick-and-mortar or virtual) where learners can go to for collaborative discourse that extends discussions begun in the classroom, gain assistance and possible solutions for issues within their writing and about writing concepts, further their critical thinking, and have an alternate learning avenue outside of the classroom setting. Writing centers are effective in that they provide students with immediate feedback and immediate opportunities for clarification and correction on their writing. Writing centers require collaboration between the students and the writing tutor. When this collaboration is effective, both the tutor’s and the learners’ academic and social development is improved.
The writing tutor’s role is to support the learner in his or her quest toward greater understanding and improvement of writing skills. Writing ...
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