Articles

Writing Centers:
More Than Remediation
by Art Peterson

An article that addresses issues such as the following: 

• What are some of the key ingredients to getting a writing center up and running? 
• What's the greatest misconception educators have about writing centers?
• How do you get students to participate?
• How do you train you peer coaches? 

Writing Centers and copy-editing by Patricia Roberts-Miller

"One really interesting complaint, that comes from faculty and students, is that we won’t 'edit' student writing. And what they mean by 'edit' is go through a paper and write in the 'correct' version of every 'error' (what is more accurately called “copy-editing”)

Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers
by Richard Kent 

This article from Praxis is written for college students thinking about becoming ELA teachers. Even so, the discussion will be helpful for high school teachers looking to establish a student-staffed writing center in their high school. 


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Local High School Takes Peer Tutoring To Another Level
by Jonathan Wilson

"Edison High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has attracted national attention for showing that a peer tutoring system used by many colleges and universities can work for high school students..."

The Secondary School Writing Center by Pamela Childers, Dawn Fels, & Jeanette Jordan 

This article addresses issues such as the following: 

• Writing centers create opportunities for individualized writing conferences.
• Writing centers help reinforce writing as a process. 
• Writing improves when writers focus on the writing – not on the grade.
• Writing centers support what the classroom teacher does. 

​Getting it off the Ground: The Wildcat Writing Center's Inaugural Year
by Alison Hughes

Alison Hughes shares her insights on starting a writing center at Centreville High School in Virginia.

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