Re: Motivating Correctness

[diepenbrock@UHCL4.CL.UH.EDU]

When a student takes his/her paper to a writing center, the text becomes 
more public and the audience is expanded so just by virtue of our 
existence, we provide some motivation to writers to expand their skills.  
If the tutor responds positively to the student's ideas, the student may 
feel as though those ideas are worthy of even larger audiences.  

In my writing center tutors also encourage writers to "publish" in many 
ways: sending papers to conferences, presenting at university conferences 
and research expos, sending things out to publications.  We also have 
tried formalizing this function by holding a reading event during which 
student writers read papers and receive positive feedback.  It is, 
however, difficult to organize and maintain such a program when you are 
swamped with *many* other responsibilities.

Chloe Diepenbrock
UH-Clear Lake