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Research Question<\/h3>\n

What productive work can consultants do when writers bring no written work?<\/p>\n

Description<\/h3>\n

When the student brings in nothing, it\u2019s important to focus on deciphering the assignment sheet and how the student feels about it. Writer\u2019s block can be: subject-specific, developmental, and dispositional. The peer tutoring model is flexible and allows intensive, individualized help for blocked writers. Gathering, connecting, minimalist, performing pathways are, respectively, learning focus, personal gain, little deliberation, and task-focused. Awareness of these pathways can help staff to ask more informed questions. Different learning methods (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) help to consider how student writers think about their work and their writing processes. <\/p>\n

Results<\/h3>\n

We must understand the assignment requirements and brainstorm ideas for writing. <\/p>\n

Activity<\/h3>\n

Roleplay as student\/tutor discussing an assignment, where the tutor leads through interpreting the assignment or brainstorming ideas. <\/p>\n

Impact on WC<\/h3>\n

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Other Files<\/h3>\n

Handout<\/a><\/p>\n

Reference List<\/h3>\n

Brainstorming. Chapel Hill: UNC – CAS – Writing Center, n.d. PDF.
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\nUnderstanding Assignments. Chapel Hill: UNC – CAS – Writing Center, n.d. PDF.
\nWallace, David L. “Using Peer Tutors to Overcome Writer’s Block.” Research and Teaching in Developmental Education 3.2 (1987): 32-41. Print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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