Issues in Writing for Adult Learners ATP Online Workshop Presenter Stephanie Lawhorne

Getting Started  Age differences  Breaking the ice

Working the Writing Process  Planning (brainstorming, outlining, researching, etc.)  Drafting (organizing & writing ideas in paragraph form)  Revising (getting feedback, rewriting, and editing)

Positive Reinforcement  Lacking confidence  Earlier academic performance  Benefits of life experiences & wisdom

Material Conditions  Work/jobs  Family obligations  Interruptions  Space  Time

Computers  Basics of how to use as word processors  Using to revise

Dialogue  Collaborative process of tutoring  Encouraging active participation  Writing as dialogue (asking questions/posing problems and trying to answer or solve them)  Reasons/explanations for why to do something

References  Aronson, Anne. “Adult Developmental Writers and the Material Conditions for Composing.” Research & Teaching in Developmental Education 14.2 (Spring 1998):  Craig, Judith S. “Non-Traditional Age Students.” CRLA Tutor Training Handbook. Rev. ed. Ed. Susan Deese- Roberts. Auburn, CA: CRLA,  Griswold, W. Gary. “Postsecondary Reading: What Writing Center Tutors Need to Know.” Journal of College Reading and Learning 37.1 (Fall 2006):  Mann, Nancy. “Point Counterpoint: Teach Punctuation as Information Management.” Journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication 54.3 (February 2003):

References continued  Smith, Beatrice Quarshie. “Genre, Medium, and Learning to Write: Negotiating Identities, Enacting School-Based Literacies in Adulthood.” Journal of College Reading and Learning 34.2 (Spring 2004):  Soven, Margot Iris. What the Writing Tutor Needs to Know. Boston: Thomson,  Wood, Donna. “Andragogy: Appreciating the Characteristics of the Adult Learner.” CRLA Tutor Training Handbook. Rev. ed. Ed. Susan Deese- Roberts. Auburn, CA: CRLA,

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