In our work as tutors, we often rely on the same few approaches when working with writers: have the writer read the draft out loud, ask open-ended…
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By: Beach Keenan For my tutoring inquiry project, I decided to focus on how to observe and address obstructive behavioral patterns writers may have when scheduling and…
Overview Our project focused on the ideas of accommodations within the Writing Center, and how they can be implemented to better experiences for both writers and tutors.…
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Dyslexia in the Writing Center
As a first-year peer tutor at the Writing Center, I have realized how diverse each writer is and how different their needs can be. I have come…
In 1993, a survey of around 2,500 D/deaf and hard of hearing students in four year degree programs (not counting Deaf-only schools) found that nearly two-thirds cite…
ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders among students, and because the Writing Center is a service that works for the student body, it is…
Writing Centers in general and our Writing Center at DePaul have rightly become more focused in recent years on making sure our spaces and methods for helping…
What happens when the writer reads out loud? I figured out that I struggled to hang on to information I heard rather than read sometime sophomore year…
I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder about two and a half years ago, and ever since I have been searching for healthy ways to help with…
One of my favorite parts about the Writing Center is that it is a place where all kinds of people meet. In one day, you may be…