The CWE: The Basics
The length of an average CWE appointment
What is 45 minutes?
Writing pedagogy used to be process-based. Now, we're __________.
What is post-process.
The practice of breaking down an assignment into smaller parts
What is scaffolding?
Writing center pedagogy recommends that you emphasize these kinds of concerns, which do not immediately include things like grammar and citation style.
What are higher-order concerns?
Elliott or Ian
Where you should generally look if you have questions about consulting
What is the latest version of the Center for Writing Excellence handbook?
This method of writing academic introductions was popularized by the research of John Swales and is a common tool in the CWE
What is the CARS model?
The practice of listening carefully and intently
What is active listening?
Writers need to be taught how to understand the _______-specific features of their majors, so that they can learn to write in their fields.
What is discipline?
Dr. Garner's favorite crappy chain restaurant, which he has referenced several times this semester.
Chili's
CWE appointments that take place virtually online, like a Zoom call
What is a Live Online appointment?
Also called local and global concerns.
What are higher order and lower order concerns?
Listening to understand, without thinking about what you want to say next.
What is active listening?
Rather than give students feedback that simply makes the changes for them, writing center pedagogy emphasizes utilizing THIS word that starts with an "M" to help students understand why they need to make changes
What is metaconsulting?
Dr. Garner learned to use this tool thanks to the hurricane.
A chainsaw.
How much does a consultation at the CWE cost?
What is nothing?
Denny, Nordlof, and Salem found that because they needed to acquire social capital, working-class writers tend to prefer this kind of support in writing center consultations?
What is directive?
Writing center consultants should learn to recognize the features of this word beginning with "g" when consulting on new assignments
What is "genre"?
Teaching writers how to use knowledge from one context in another
Dr. Garner's favorite article from this semester.
"Inventing the University."
The CWE's room number.
What is Allgood Hall E158?
One of the four learning goals that we have for writers who visit the CWE.
Any of the following is acceptable: What is... 1. Writers will become more aware of writing as an iterative process.
2. Writers will become aware of writing and communication as rhetorical.
3. Writers will be introduced to strategies for transferring existing writing and communication skills.
4. Writers will be introduced to ways to locate and utilize resources that support their work.
Writing center practitioners recommend praising THIS instead of praising the student's final product
What is the student's process?
A pedagogical theory that emphasizes building rapport and positive language to increase a writer's motivation.
What is motivational scaffolding?
The single most transformative comment Dr. Garner ever got from his dissertation instructor on his writing.
"No bueno."