Re: e-mail tutoring

["Dr. Patricia N. McLaughlin" <3yunsan@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>]

I'm very interested in everyone's responses as well.  Please post them.  Thanks!

Pat
CMU Writing Center
Central Michigan University

At 11:22 AM 2/25/97 -0600, you wrote:
>I'd sure like to know people's replies to DeAnna's questions.  Do you
>mind posting them to the list?
>
>Paula Gillespie
>
>On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Deanna Spurlin wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm DeAnna Spurlin, a graduate student at the State University of West
>> Georgia.  As part of my Grad Research Asst. in the Writing Center here at
>> West Georgia, I'm reserching the effectiveness of e-mail tutoring.  I
>> have a few questions for those of you who offer tutoring by e-mai in your
>> writing centers.  I'd really appreciate your responses.
>>
>> 1.	Did offering e-mai tutoring affect the number of students coming
>> to the writing center by either decreasing that number or increasing it?
>> In other words, did this service take the place of visiting the writing
>> center for students who were accustomed to seeking help from writing
>> center tutors?
>>
>> 2.	Has anyone conducted a survey to determine if e-mail tutoring or
>> OWLS help attract those students who are hesitant to visit a writing
>> center?  Have you ever had students say that this service helped them get
>> past any stigma they may have attached to visiting the center?  Do
>> graduate students tend to utilize e-mail tutoring oand OWLs?
>>
>> 3.	As far as ESL students go, did you find any significant benefits
>> or drawbacks to working with these students and addressing their needs
>> over e-mail?  How about learning disabled students, benefits or drawbacks
>> there?
>>
>> 4.	How have OWLS and e-mail tutoring worked with writing across the
>> curriculum?
>>
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