Tutoring Writing: A Practical Guide for Conferences

by James Strickland

When Don McAndrew and Tom Reigstad wrote Training Tutors for Writing Conferences, they provided such unique insight into the principles and practices of tutoring that the book was awarded "Best Publication" by the National Writing Centers Association. Now, more than a decade later, the authors have expanded and updated their classic monograph to make it even more useful and reflect new developments in research and theory.

No other book is quite so comprehensive. In addition to providing a thorough review of theory and research, Tutoring Writing offers a rich toolbox of tutoring tips, practical guidelines for tutoring writers who are at various stages of the composing process-including predraft concrete advice on how to tutor writers in specific settings suggestions on how to tutor writers who present special challenges and represent diverse populations time-tested tutoring models that have been developed by world-renowned educators recommendations for conducting tutorials electronically-including online, fax, and phone a syllabus for using the book to teach a writing tutor training course. Tutoring Writing will appeal to anyone who uses writing as a tool for learning, especially in tutor-training courses, undergraduate and graduate level writing courses, and teaching-assistant preparation courses.

Genres: Nonfiction, Writing

168 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2001

Reviews

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a lot of good stuff here for new and beginning tutors, really breaking down the processes and priorities involved and offering a lot of good advice and suggestions. I really gained from some of the techniques suggested, as I had not heard of all of them before. Unfortunately, the book could have been made to be a lot shorter without losing anything of quality, as there is a lot of harping on about things already made quite clear. There is also a fair bit of out-of-date content, superfluous examples, and content most would find uninteresting. So, it really is rather hit-and-miss. I'd recommend it, but only if you as the reader skip around to what you need and leave the rest behind.

[Wryly · Rating 3 out of 5]

good general advice. a bit to specific in its labeling for me.

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little obvious, but if you've never tutored it's a good place to start.