Re: Motivating Correctness

["Meg Larson" <mgl@tardis.svsu.edu>]

I agree that students who come to the wc on their own are already
motivated, and even some of the students who are required to visit end up
coming back on their own.  I work with two freshmen, who were given the
option of spending 1/2 hour per week in the wc in lieu of a final exam.  At
first, this seemed to be their only motivation, but as their writing
progressed, it served as their main motivator.  And at our school, I think
the fact that we are peers only helps.

You believe it, Anne, because it seems to be true.

"Never look where you're going--you'll only scare yourself"---
                                                                           
          P.J. O'Rourke 

Meg Larson
Saginaw Valley State University
mgl@tardis.svsu.edu              

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> From: MULLIN ANNE <MULLANNE@AD.isu.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Motivating Correctness
> Date: Monday, November 25, 1996 11:20 AM
> 
> Christine asks a great question about WC roles in motivation -- maybe 
> publishing?  That sounds intriguing to me.  We talked at a staff 
> meeting the other day about motivation and someone mentioned that 
> most of the students who hie themselves to us ARE motivated (unless 
> they're required, etc.) and that the interest and personal attention 
> of the tutors fuels that motivation.  I tend to  believe that -- but then
I 
> may believe it only because I want to.