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Writing center perspectives
- Conferences
- National Writing Centers Conference (1st : 1994 : New Orleans, La.)
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- Creator
- edited by Byron L. Stay, Christina Murphy, Eric H. Hobson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Emmitsburg, Md. : NWCA Press, 1995
- Physical Details
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- 192 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0964806703, 9780964806702
- OCLC
- ocm34912901
- "The idea for this collection of essays emerged from the First National Writing Centers Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1994"--P. 4.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- In the temple of the familiar : the writing center as church / Dave Healy -- Walking the tightrope : negotiating between the ideal and the practical in the writing center / Albert C. DeCiccio, et al. -- Writing centers and writing assessment : a discipline-based approach / Mark L. Waldo et al. -- Perceptions, realities, and possibilities : central administration and writing centers / Jeanne Simpson -- E pluribus unum : an administrator rounds up mavericks and money / David E. Schwalm -- The dark side of the helping personality : student dependency and the potential for tutor burnout / Steve Sherwood -- Must we always grin and bear it? / Wangeci JoAnne Karuri -- Intellectual (proper)ty in writing centers : retro texts and positive plagiarism / Cynthia Haynes-Burton -- "Industrial strength tutoring" : strategies for handling "customer complaints" / Cheryl Reed -- Tickling the student's ear : collaboration and the teacher/student relationship / Dawn M. Formo and Jennifer Welsh -- Giving birth to voice : the professional writing tutor as midwife / Donna Fontanarose Rabuck -- Writing centers as sites for writing transfer research / Julie Hagemann -- Holistic scoring : a valuable tool for improving writing across the curriculum / Robert W. Holderer -- Centering : what writing centers need to do / Joseph Saling -- Accreditation and the writing center : a proposal for action / Joe Law -- Resisting the editorial urge in writing center conferences : an essential focus in tutor training / Jane Cogie -- Assessing writing conference talk : an ethnographic method / Carmen Wender and Roberta R. Buck -- Using collaborative groups to teach critical thinking / Jean Kiedaisch and Sue Dinitz