Writing centers are a place where students go to get encouraged and recieve feedback about their writings. It is a place where they can learn how to better their work by being advised by someone on their level, who speaks their language.
Some principles that are used in writing centers are: allowing the student to maintain ownership of their work, by having their ideas validated
allowing the student to correct their own mistakes after zeroing in one what they would like their paper(s) to focus on,
encouraging students to find answers that tutors may not know, by emphasizing that the tutor is no expert
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Though we are not experts, we have to give students options so they can facilitate their own growth as writers. We should at least know available resources that they can use at their own time. Students will only be our hands for one hour at a time. Everything will not be resolved in that one hour. For students to grow, they'll have to want it themselves and pursue it-not just in the writing center but on their own time. But while they are in the writing center, we can give them the tools they need to advance their writing process.
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