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Your Students Can’t Write?: The Tutoring Center Can Help

Your Students Can’t Write?: The Tutoring Center Can Help. Oral Roberts University Brown Bag Luncheon Workshop September 12, 2006 Barbara Wolfer and Lori Kanitz. What is the Tutoring Center?. History at ORU Current role at ORU. Who Are the Tutors?. ORU students Qualification criteria

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Your Students Can’t Write?: The Tutoring Center Can Help

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  1. Your Students Can’t Write?: The Tutoring Center Can Help Oral Roberts University Brown Bag Luncheon Workshop September 12, 2006 Barbara Wolfer and Lori Kanitz

  2. What is the Tutoring Center? • History at ORU • Current role at ORU

  3. Who Are the Tutors? • ORU students • Qualification criteria • Philosophy of tutoring • Tutor Training

  4. What the Tutors Cannot Do • Edit • Proofread • Guarantee a good grade • Take the place of clear instructions and good assignment design

  5. What Resources Are Available? • Diagnostic tests • Self-guided instructional programs, written by the English Department • Supplemental resources (handbooks, dictionaries, etc.) • Computers with printers and internet access

  6. Common Writing Errors Practical Writing Tips Commas I and II Punctuation Spelling I and II Vocabulary I and II Parts of Speech Sentence Structure Sentence Combining Grammar Agreement Sentence Diagramming Research Paper Documentation Library Orientation The Paragraph Tutoring Center Programs

  7. How Are Appointments Made? • Call the Tutoring Center front desk at extension 7367 • Tutoring Center hours are 8:50 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. • Walk-in students welcome • Appointments are encouraged, especially in the fall semester

  8. How Can the Tutoring Center Help Me? • Stage 1: When You See a Problem Coming (Prevention) • Stage 2: When You See a Problem in the Making (Intervention) • Stage 3: When You See a Problem that Requires Fixing (Redemption) • Code Red: When a Student is a Senior (Disastervention)

  9. Stage 1: Prevention • Scenario? • International student, non-native English speaker • Has failed the course before • In a demanding major • Poor study habits

  10. Stage 1: Prevention • Solution? • Talk with Tutoring Center director to find tutor who would be a good fit • Require bi-weekly, one-hour appointments with the tutor • Require particular Tutoring Center programs • Communicate with tutor about student’s progress

  11. Stage 1: Prevention • Solution? • Write into your syllabus standards for technical proficiency in writing • Require tutoring center hours if these standards are not met (contract model)

  12. Stage 2: Intervention • Scenario? • Student turns in first draft of a paper or project, revealing significant problems writing a clear sentence

  13. Stage 2: Intervention • Solution? • Require remediation work with a Tutoring Center tutor • Accept revised paper only if it has been reviewed by and revised with a tutor

  14. Stage 3: Redemption • Scenario? • A student hands in a final draft of a paper that has frequent and serious grammatical errors

  15. Stage 3: Redemption • Solution? • Mark the errors • Require a writing conference • Require student to complete a Tutoring Center program remediating the most frequent grammatical error (contract model) • Reward the effort (extra credit, revision for points, etc.)

  16. Stage 3: Redemption • Scenario? • A student shows promise and could be accepted to a competitive program within his major but has poor writing skills

  17. Stage 3: Redemption • Solution? • Allow student to stay in the program conditionally • Arrange bi-weekly appointments in Tutoring Center with a tutor • Check progress regularly to re-evaluate admittance to program

  18. Code Red: Disastervention • Scenario? • One of your senior paper students turns in a draft of her senior paper at midterm of her last semester; it reveals almost insurmountable writing problems.

  19. Code Red: Disastervention • Solution? • Require a writing conference with you to clarify expectations and minimum standards • Require appointments with Tutoring Center tutors to review and revise the draft • Make passing senior paper contingent upon paper meeting minimum writing standards AND upon completion of hours with a tutor

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