Writing centers : theory and administration / edited by Gary A. Olson. [print]

Writing center theory: Peer tutoring and the ''Conversation mankind'' / Kenneth A. Bruffee Laboratory writing centers: Restoring authority to writers Tilly Warnock; John Warnock Writing center research: Testing our assumptions Stephen M. North Philosophical perspective on writing centers and the teaching of writing Lil Brannon; C.H. Knoblauch Writing center and the paradoxes of written-down speech Patrick Hartwell Promoting cognitive development in the writing center Karen I. Spear Priorities and guidelines for the development of writing centers: Delphi study Bene Scanlon Cox Writing center administration: Establishing and maintaining a writing center in a two-year college Gary A. Olson Bottom line: Financial responsibility Peggy Jolly Efficiency and insecurity: Case study in form design and records management C. Michael Smith Undergraduate staffing in the writing center Loretta Cobb; Elaine Kilgore Elledge Developing a peer tutor program Linda Bannister-Wills Handbook as a supplement to a tutor training program Jeanette Harris Special concerns: Problem of attitude in writing center relationships Gary A. Olson ; ''I would prefer not to'': Consideration of the reluctant student Mary K. Croft Derrida's ''Play'' and prewriting for the laboratory Thomas Nash Assessing a new professional role: Writing center tutor Rodney Simard Meeting the needs of foreign students in the writing center Bertie E. Fearing; W. Keats Sparrow Selected bibliography Contributors.

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