We've tried running short proof reading workshops - passing on proof
reading strategies... not evaluated them yet...
Best,
Sandra
Alison Green wrote:
> Potential problems:
>
> Students in different disciplines might not have work due in at the same
> time
> Students might not have completed their work at the same time
> Students fail to turn up
> Students still get a poor mark and have to kill the proofreader
>
> Nice idea though.
>
>
> Alison Green
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* learning development in higher education network
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Foster, Ed
> *Sent:* 12 May 2010 16:36
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Proof-reading
>
> Proof reading has popped up again.
>
> I'm trying to think creatively here and am thinking how we might
> deal with it in the future.
>
> We're considering the maths cafe model next year in one of
> our catering outlets and even possibly a writing cafe using the same
> basic structure.
>
> So I'm thinking student-to-student proofreading.
>
> We provide a facilitator who over a lunchtime matches up students at
> the same level, but in different disciplines and basically two
> students proof-read one another's work for clarity etc
>
> *Problems*
>
> * Fear of collusion
> * Two equally terrible writers proof-reading one another's work
> * No-one uses it
>
>
> *Advantages*
>
> * Students want it, but we have real ethical problems providing it
> * Mutually beneficial
> * Cheaper than paying for a private proof reader
> * May help students to reflect on their own work, particularly
> if we provide resource sheets
> * Probably quite cheap
>
>
> What's the really obvious flaw?
>
> Has anyone tried anything like this?
>
>
>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>
> Ed Foster
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