The Practical Tutor

by Denny J. Meyer, Louise Z. Smith, Emily Meyer

Book Overview

In the classroom, the workplace, and the home, more and more teachers, professionals, teaching assistants, peer tutors and parents have need of a practical, hands-on guide to helping their students, associates and teen-agers improve their composition skills. Designed to meet the needs of those who lack formal pedagogical training in composition, The Practical Tutor is an invaluable tool for writers at various levels in both formal and informal educational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195038657
• ISBN13: 9780195038651
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource

As a tutor at a university Writing Center, I have found this book very useful. The sample tutoring sessions are very realistic and can teach new tutors to gently and skillfully direct a student to come up with his or her own answers. Also useful are the brainstorming and organizing techniques. A person with no teaching or tutoring experience can pick up this book and learn how to tutor effectively.

Helpful!

I had to read this book for a class entitled "Teaching Writing." It contains a lot of useful information on tutoring-I applied some of the principles to the students I tutored, and our sessions became much better! I highly recommend it!