My partner and I had our tutoring session sit-in today. The first thing that I noticed, is that the writing center has a nice relaxing feel to it. We only got to sit-in for about half an hour, but the session was very interesting. After introductions were finished, the tutor gave a disclaimer that she had to leave around three o'clock ( the tutee was fifteen minutes late) but that she would try to help as much as possible in the given time. The tutor then asked what the assignment was about and what the student thought she needed help with. Even the tutee was unclear exactly what the assignment was, often repeating phrases similar to "He (her teacher) told us to just write anything." The tutor began asking increasingly specific questions regarding the assignment to get some idea where to begin. While the goals of assignment remained slightly ambiguous throughout the session, the goals of the student slowly started to take shape. She had most of her ideas written down, but was having trouble piecing them into a cohesive work. So the tutor began giving her ideas on how to reorganize her first three paragraphs. She told the student that perhaps if we could get the beginning organized and starting to flow, then the rest of it would follow. Ideas were bounced around, even to my partner and I, who got to share our own thoughts on the subject, until it was time to leave. The student we worked with was rather eager for help and I think overall the session went well. My partner and I both left a little before the session ended, so I cannot comment on how the session finished.
posted by Rich @ 2:57 PM
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