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Presentation
Peer Writing Tutors and the On-Going Conversation About Student Engagement
CAHSS Faculty Presentations, Proceedings, Lectures, and Symposia
  • Kevin Dvorak, Nova Southeastern University
  • Russell Carpenter, Eastern Kentucky University
  • Jacqueline Lytle, Nova Southeastern University
Event Name
Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference
Event Location
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Department
Department of Writing and Communication
Document Type
Conference Presentation
Presentation Date
2-1-2019
Date Range:
2019-02-21 to 2019-02-23
Description

The presenters -- directors and a student-leader of two writing and communication centers -- will take the ongoing conversation of student engagement and writing centers in a new direction. Building on the conversation Kail, Gillespie, and Hughes initiated on assessing peer tutor alumni, presenters will examine how centers create the types of learning experiences that engage staff members within their centers, universities, and communities. Using student engagement research as a foundation, the two centers developed “engagement surveys” that measured how working in the writing center influenced their tutors’ experiences as students. Presenters analyze results and implications for the role writing centers should play in student engagement and how such can be assessed.

Citation Information
Kevin Dvorak, Russell Carpenter and Jacqueline Lytle. "Peer Writing Tutors and the On-Going Conversation About Student Engagement" (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kevin-dvorak/114/