Tutoring Writing-The Right Way

This tutoring session was much improved as the student and tutoring had more of a 'conversation'. The tutor viewed the student's assignment; questioned his thesis; highlighted the fact that he had no thesis; identified that he had not correctly addressed the assignment; and discussed possible steps to improve his paper. None of this was done in the previous tutoring video.

In addition, there was more input by the student who spoke about the assignment, recognized his errors, revised the essay, and returned to the session with another draft. The tutor, although pointing out some of his errors, was not directing or rewriting the essay. The session seemed more helpful to the student who left the session with a better understanding of thesis statements, correct comma usage, and the importance of topic sentences (min-thesis) in body paragraphs.
Lisa

October 19, 2010 2:34 PM