ERIC Number: EJ1421705
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 5
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Idea Exchange: Changes to the Writing Center Approach
Shani Jonson
Learning Assistance Review, v28 n3 p257-261 2024
In the article "Understanding Writer Center Use among Community College Students," Christina Savarese addresses the reasons students use the writing center, understanding those reasons, and using them to identify ways the writing center administrators and tutors can better serve their student population. Additional research findings illuminated that focusing on bridging the gap between the student's and tutor's expectations and why the students decide to take advantage and use the writing center or not will be beneficial for writing centers. Examining the research, we can see several common themes associated with the benefits of attending a community college. Understanding why students choose the tutoring center is essential to know what changes need to be made to programming to encourage more students to utilize our services
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Writing (Composition), Laboratories, Decision Making, Student Attitudes, College Choice, Cost Effectiveness, Articulation (Education), Commuter Colleges, Labor Force Development
National College Learning Center Association. Web site: http://www.nclca.org/tlar
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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