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Author Mackiewicz, Jo, author.

Title Talk about writing : the tutoring strategies of experienced writing center tutors / Jo Mackiewicz, Isabelle Kramer Thompson
Edition 2nd ed
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages)
Contents Talk about writing: an introduction to our empirical study -- Literature review -- Methods -- The three conference stages and tutoring strategies: the overall results -- Instruction strategies -- Cognitive scaffolding strategies -- Motivational scaffolding strategies -- Case study : a writing center tutor becomes a writing fellow -- Talk about writing : a conclusion to our empirical study
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Talk about Writing: An Introduction to Our Empirical Study; Our Goals for Talk about Writing; TAW and RAD Research; Our Theoretical Framework and Coding Scheme for Analyzing Tutor Talk; Two Examples; An Overview of TAW: Chapters and Contribution; A Final Thought before We Begin; 2 Literature Review; The Macrolevel: Conference Stages and Topic Episodes; Scaffolding and the Zone of Proximal Development; Operationalizing Scaffolding and the ZPD; Conclusion; 3 Methods; The Conferences; The Participants
Transcription Process and ConventionsTopic Episodes; A Mixed Approach to the Coding Scheme; Overcoming Threats to Coding-Scheme Reliability; Conclusion; 4 The Three Conference Stages and Tutoring Strategies: The Overall Results; The Opening Stage of Writing Center Conferences; The Teaching Stage of Writing Center Conferences; The Closing Stage of Writing Center Conferences; Tutoring Strategies: Frequencies of Occurrence; Conclusion and Implications for Tutor Training; 5 Instruction Strategies; Instruction Strategies in the Opening Stage; Instruction Strategies in the Teaching Stage
Instruction Strategies in the Closing StageConclusions and Implications for Tutor Training; 6 Cognitive Scaffolding Strategies; Cognitive Scaffolding Strategies' Constraint on Responses; Knowledge-Deficit Questions versus Cognitive Scaffolding Strategies in the Opening Stage; Cognitive Scaffolding Strategies in the Teaching Stage; Cognitive Scaffolding Strategies in the Closing Stage; Conclusions and Implications for Tutor Training; 7 Motivational Scaffolding Strategies; Motivation's Connection to Learning; Motivational Scaffolding Strategies in the Opening Stage
Motivational Scaffolding Strategies in the Teaching StageMotivational Scaffolding Strategies in the Closing Stage; Conclusions and Implications for Tutor Training; 8 Case Study: A Writing Center Tutor Becomes a Writing Fellow; Quantitative Analysis: Frequencies of Tutoring Strategies in Four Conferences; Close Analysis: Conferencing as a Writing Center Tutor versus Conferencing as a Writing Fellow; Qualitative Results: Close Analysis of Conferencing with Unfamiliar versus Familiar Students; Conclusions and Implications for Tutor (and Fellow) Training
9 Talk about Writing: A Conclusion to Our Empirical StudyGoal #1 for TAW, 2nd edition: Creating a Coding Scheme That Can Be Useful for Other Researchers; Goal #2 for TAW, 2nd edition: Analyzing Tutor Talk in Order to Facilitate Tutor Training; Goal #3 for TAW, 2nd edition: Extending Our Discussion of Coding; Analysis at the Macrolevel: Conference Stages; Analysis at the Microlevel: Tutoring Strategies; Future Research on Talk about Writing; Some Final Thoughts; Appendix A: Conducting a Conference with a Student; Appendix B: "Notes for Students" Form and Instructions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Appendix C: The T5-S5 Conference Coded for Stages, Topic Episodes, and Strategies
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Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
English language -- Composition and exercises.
Report writing -- Study and teaching
Tutors and tutoring.
Writing centers.
English language -- Composition and exercises
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching
Report writing -- Study and teaching
Tutors and tutoring
Writing centers
Form Electronic book
Author Thompson, Isabelle, author
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