The Writing center : new directions / edited by Ray Wallace, Jeanne Simpson.

Other author Wallace, Ray.
Other author Simpson, Jeanne H.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Garland Pub., ©1991.
Description295 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
English language--Rhetoric. --Study and teaching.
Writing centers.

SeriesGarland reference library of social science ; vol. 678. Source books on education ; vol. 27
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 678.
Garland reference library of social science. Source books on education ; vol. 27.
Contents Past accomplishments and current trends in writing center research : a bibliographic essay / Donald E. Bushman -- Writing center outreach : sharing knowledge and influencing attitudes about writing / Bradley T. Hughes -- From writing lab to writing center : reinventing, advancing, and expanding / Jim Addison, Henry L. Wilson -- Satellite writing centers : a successful model for writing across the curriculum / Katherine H. Adams -- Sharing the benefits and the expense of expansion : developing a cross-curricular cash flow for a cross-curricular writing center / Ray Wallace -- The role of writing centers in student retention programs / Jeanne Simpson -- Writing services : a new role for the writing center and faculty / William C. Wolff -- Meeting the needs of graduate students : writing support groups in the center / Sallyanne Fitzgerald, Peggy Mulvihill, Ruth Dobson -- A lot of pleasure, a bit of agony : producing a newsletter for the faculty / Richard Leahy.
Contents (cont.) Changing the ways we teach : the role of the writing center in professional development ; or, The virtue of selfishness / Jay Jacoby and Stan Patten -- Tutor-teachers : an examination of how writing center and classroom environments inform each other / Robert Child -- The gift of insight : personality type, tutoring, and learning / Maurice Scharton and Janice Neuleib -- The writing center and the research paper : computers and collaboration / Irene Lurkis Clark -- Portfolio evaluation : implications for writing centers / Nadene A. Keene -- Tutoring technical students in the writing center / Donald Samson -- More science in the writing center : training tutors to lead group tutorials on biology lab reports / Karyn Hollis -- Creating a learning center to assist developmental studies students across the curriculum / Curtis E. Ricker -- Writing centers in context : responding to current educational theory / Christina Murphy.
Local noteLittle-290810--305131023413Q
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 90048219
ISBN0824070569 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PE1404 .W69445 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold