2The Student/Tutor Relationship
  
 

For Further Reading

Bruffee, Kenneth A. A Short Course in Writing. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. 
* Note especially Part Six, "A Course for Writing Peer Tutors"
 
Capossela, Toni-Lee. The Harcourt Brace Guide to Peer Tutoring. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998.

Clark, Beverly Lyon. Talking About Writing: A Guide for Tutor and Teacher Conferences. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 1985.

Clark, Irene L. Writing in the Center. Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1998.

Croft, Mary K. "'I Would Prefer Not To': A Consideration of the Reluctant Student." Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Ed. Gary A. Olson. Urbana: NCTE, 1984.

Grecco, Jessica. "The Successful Tutorial." Lynchburg College in Virginia.  1 May 1999. http://www.lynchburg.edu/public/writcntr/guide/tutoring/tutorial.htm 26 May 2000.

Kaufman, Carol, et al. "A Compilation of Tips to Help Tutors from Talking Too Much During Writers' Center Tutorials." The Writers' Center at Colorado State University. http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/WritingCenter/wcenter/tutortips.htm 26 May 2000.

Meyer, Emily and Louise Z. Smith. The Practical Tutor. New York: Oxford UP, 1987.

Murphy, Christina, and Steve Sherwood, eds. The St. Martin's Sourcebook for Writing Tutors. New York: St. Martin's, 1995. 
*Note especially the following articles:

Brooks, Jeff. "Minimalist Tutoring: Making the Student Do All the Work" 
Sherwood, Steve. "Humor and the Serious Tutor" 

"Norman H. Ott Memorial Writing Center." Department of English, Marquette University. http://www.marquette.edu/~writing 26 May 2000.

Peg, Bruce. National Writing Centers Association. 14 September 1998. http://departments.colgate.edu/diw/NWCA.html 26 May 2000. (contains helpful articles selected by the National Writing Center Association) 

Reigstad, Thomas J. and Donald A. McAndrews. Training Tutors for Writing Conferences. Urbana, Il: NCTE, 1984.

 
 

 
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