Dr. Grammar

Dr. Grammar - Frequently Asked Questions site will provide you with some tips regarding usage rules. You might find the rules and examples helpful for online tutoring, and you might want to print some of the information for in-person sessions. In particular, students are likely to find the quick rules for comma usage helpful. The site even suggests printing the comma usage rules, laminating the paper, and keeping the sheet handy at the computer. Dr. Grammar is Dr. James HiDuke at the University of Northern Iowa, and he grants permission to teachers and students to copy his rules. Here is the link to the grammar page of his site. Other parts of his site can be accessed from this page: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/

Plagiarism Tutorial

This quick online tutorial will help students better understand plagiarism and how to avoid it. Feel free to send students to the site and get their response to the tutorial. Please post your own comments regarding the value of the tutorial, and consider passing along the information to faculty. Here is the URL to the site, which is sponsored by the University of Southern Missouri:
http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/plag/plagiarismtutorial.php

Bibliography on Tutor Training Materials

The International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) provides an annotated bibliography of Peer Tutoring Resources. Here is the link to access the bibliography:
http://writingcenters.org/peertutbib.htm .

The CAE owns some of the books, so please feel free to ask if we have a book that you might be interested in reading. Other books are available through interlibrary loan.

Tutor Training at Monmouth University

Here is a link to access the Tutor Training Manual at Monmouth. There's a wealth of useful information in the guide. Please feel free to post your comments after skimming through the guide.
http://www.monmouth.edu/writing_center/WA_Handbook.pdf
Here is a link to the homepage for the Monmouth Writing Center
http://www.monmouth.edu/writing_center/default.asp

Photo from Monmouth University's Writing Center homepage.

APA Style

In the event that you have a specific APA documentation question and want to access the APA webpages online, here are a few convenient links to assist.

The APA site for information on the APA documentation style:
http://apastyle.apa.org/
The APA site’s information page for citing electronic references:
http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html
The APA site’s information page for in-text citations of electronic references
http://www.apastyle.org/electext.html

Tutor Training Materials

Use the links below to access three of Dartmouth University's Tutor Training handouts. The information on a facilitative style will help online tutors move away from a directive, corrective style to a facilitative one that encourages the student's own growth as a writer and thinker. Please feel free to post your comments about the Dartmouth tutor training materials.

General Information on Tutoring Training

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/tutor/toc.shtml

Information for Writing Assistants

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/tutor/advice/assistants.shtml

Facilitative Style

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/tutor/methods/respond.shtml