I'm a Student, I'm a Tutor, I'm Confused!: Peer Tutor and Classroom Student

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dc.creatorKimball, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-02T18:47:05Z
dc.date.available2017-11-02T18:47:05Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionWriting centers that employ undergraduates offer the tutors invaluable experiences, and the undergraduate tutors bring a distinctive perspective and skill set to their work. Indeed, undergraduate peer tutors are in a unique position: as we work with writers to decipher instructor comments we may suddenly realize why “awk” was scribbled in the margins of our own papers; as we are writing a 10-12 page paper we may suddenly discover a new way to tackle paper organization with a tutee. Although all writing consultants wear many hats as diagnosticians, audience members, devil’s advocates, and guides, being an undergraduate adds another layer that influences the way peer tutors wear these other hats. Like other undergraduate tutors, my experiences in the classroom shape my abilities as a peer tutor and my experiences as a tutor impact my class work by providing me with useful tools and inspirationen_US
dc.description.departmentUniversity Writing Centeren_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2N58D27Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/62410
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPraxis: A Writing Center Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPraxis: A Writing Center Journal;Vol 4, No 2
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjecttutoringen_US
dc.subjectKimballen_US
dc.subjectundergraduatesen_US
dc.subjectstudentsen_US
dc.titleI'm a Student, I'm a Tutor, I'm Confused!: Peer Tutor and Classroom Studenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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