English 12C
2/16/16
Megan Wong
Response to:
"Writing center integrates tutors within courses"
While searching for an article I was initially going to write about one I had read last year that circled around the idea if writing centers being referred to as a type of think tank. Instead I chose to do a little research to find a more recent article and I found one published on The Rambler that was titled "Writing Center integrates tutors within courses" this called out to me because I immediately thought of our S.I. program. The article starts off talking about the integration of student writing center tutors being placed within a specific course. For the article the students were being placed in a first year research seminar course. They took this approach in an effort to improve first year students success rate. Our S.I. program is similar in the way that we place student tutors within English, History, and Psychology courses as student models who are there to be a bridge between the student and the teachers course.
The bridge metaphor is interesting because our approach is very different from Transylvania University's. While our tutors act as a resource and bridge to the students the tutors at the Transylvania University are being used differently. They are reviewing the proffessors syllabus and helping convey what may or may not be confusing to students. It was interesting to read that the professor working with tutor actually appreciated the fact that the tutor was helping revise assignments and syllabuses. The concept seemed to be more similar to a teachers assistant rather than a student tutor. The main point wasn't to overbear the professor but rather give a student prosecptive to
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