Triangulation in the Writing Center: Tutor, Tutee, and Instructor Perceptions of the Tutor's Role.

Thonus, Terese

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ERIC Number: EJ642728

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Triangulation in the Writing Center: Tutor, Tutee, and Instructor Perceptions of the Tutor's Role.

Thonus, Terese

Writing Center Journal, v22 n1 p59-82 Fall-Win 2001

Investigates how participant expectations are enacted in tutorial conversations and in self-reported role perceptions. Considers how tutors, tutees, and course instructors perceived the tutor's role. Examines the tensions implicit in expectations they hold of the tutor's role(s), especially as they compare to those of the course instructor. (SG)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Tutoring, Writing Instruction, Writing Laboratories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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