1. “In Other People’s Mouths” Nested Peer Mentoring for Collaboration in First-Year Writing and Beyond

2. 2. Multiple Types of Support nested levels of peer mentoring to  scaffold authentic and productive collaborative learning

3. 3. Nested Peer Mentoring: 4 Levels Cross-level PMs Long-Term Small Co-Peer Research Groups Short-Term Co-Peer Workshop Groups Co-Peer Research Group “Experts” Who Teach Whole Class

4. 4. “Guide” Assignment: Process Groups  multiple drafts  sections Advanced PMs In-class workshopping Groups as “experts” Final polished guide  discussion

5. 5. Assignment: Form/Content text’s style conditions of production changing history of text’s reception

6. 6. Alleged Problems w/Collaboration Difficult? Dangerous …totalitarian? Student resistance Teacher resistance

7. 7. Collaborative Classrooms Social constructivism Authenticity Multi-scaffolding Vygotsky’s ZPD