Researching the Writing Center

Name: Researching the Writing Center | Towards an Evidence-Based Practice
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Towards an Evidence-Based Practice

Rebecca Day Babcock Terese Thonus(Autor*in)

Peter Lang Verlag

Erschienen am 12. Juli 2012

IX, 239 Seiten

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Cover
Contents
1. Theory, Practice, and What's In Between: Writing Center Scholarship
Overview of the Book and Chapter 1
Assessment and Research and Assessment Again
Who Are Writing Center Scholars?
A Brief Overview of Writing Center Scholarship
Key Journal Articles and Book Chapters
The Anthologies
The Edited Volumes
A Call for Empirical Research
Note
2. Research Basics in Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-Based Practice Across the Disciplines
Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions
Psychology and Psychotherapy
Speech Therapy and Communication Disorders
Social Work
Education
Human Resources Management
A (Cautious) Argument for EBP Research in Writing Center Inquiry
Approaches and Methods
Research Ethics
Research Approaches and Data-Gathering Techniques
Experiment
Teacher Research
Action Research
Ethnography
Case Study
Analytical Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative
The Analysis of Text
The Analysis of Talk
Discourse Analysis.
Critical Discourse Analysis.
Conversation Analysis.
Discourse features
Turn-Taking.
Questions.
Speech Acts.
Politeness.
Discourse Features.
Conclusion
3. The Contexts of Tutoring
Surveys of Writing Centers
Writing Center Location and Space Design
Institutional Positioning
Writing Center Administration
Writing Center Collaborations
Tutors: Background, Training, and Effectiveness
Peer Tutors
Graduate-Student Tutors
Tutor Dissonances
Service Mode
Individual vs. Group
Face-to-face vs. Online
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous
Expectations
Cultural and Cross-cultural
Tutor and Tutee
Certification/Accreditation of Centers
Recommendations for Practice
4. Tutoring "Different" Populations
Basic Writers
Mandatory Consultations
One-on-One Tutoring
Group Tutoring
Recommendations for Practice
Writers with Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia
Deafness
Pragmatic Impairment
Recommendations for Practice
Second-Language Writers
Linguistic Status
Contextual Factors in L2 Tutoring
Linguistic Proficiencies
L2 Writer Learning Experiences and Expectations
Tutors as Cultural Informants
Tutorial Topics
Tutor-Tutee Interaction
Recommendations for Practice
Graduate Students
Writer Identity and Competence
Advice and Accounts
The Need for Graduate Tutors
Recommendations for Practice
Conclusion
Notes
5. Tutoring Activities
Speaking
Instructional Talk
Small Talk
Listening
Reading
Writing
Revision Talk and Meta-Discourse
Recommendations for Practice
6. The Details? They Matter
Session Focus and Format
Writer-Centered
Tutor-Centered
Text-Centered
Interpersonal Interactions
Authority
Gender
Affect
Negotiation
Agenda Setting
Higher- vs. Lower- (or Later-) Order Concerns
Perspectives, Goals, and Roles
Politeness and Directiveness
Directives
Suggestions
Rejections
Paralinguistic Features
Volubility
Interruptions and Overlaps
Backchannels and Echoing
Pauses
Laughter
Nonverbal Communication
Gaze.
Gesture.
Physical Orientation.
Recommendations for Practice
7. A Sample Research Question: What is a "Successful" Writing Tutorial?
Success in Academic Tutoring
Success in Developmental Education
Success in Peer Education
Definitions of Success in Writing Center Work
Success as Tutor and/or Writer Satisfaction
Success as Meaningful Interaction
Success as Writing Development (a.k.a. Better Writing)
Success as Writer Development (a.k.a. Better Writers)
Success as (Good) Revision
Success as Better Grades, Course Completion, Persistence, andGraduation
Success as Repeat Visits to the Writing Center
Conclusion
8. An Agenda for Writing Center Research
Research Basics in Evidence-Based Practice
The Contexts of Tutoring
Tutoring "Different" Populations
Tutoring Activities
The Details? They Matter
Generating More Research Topics
Conclusion
Note
Appendix A: KU Writing Center: Research Information Sample Informed Consent Form
Appendix B: Application for Project Approval
References
Index

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