Very good point Dave. where someone asks for help with
"proof reading" I always say I will indicate where there
are errors (and I provide a list indicating the grammatical
rule which should be applied) BUT I don't CORRECT the
grammar - they have to do that themselves. Hopefully in
the process they learn some of the grammatical rules and to
spot some of their own errors. If it is a confused
sentence or just not coherent, I say so, but again I don't
correct it.
Incidentally at least one of our tutors says she spends
most of her 1:1 time just getting the students to plan
essays etc. and asking how far they have got, she added
that she rarely / never sees a complete first draft (so the
suggestion made to her, by one of our lecturers, that she
had "helped too much" with one student's assignment
because the quality of language was so much better in the
coursework than in exams, was relatively easily refuted -
at least in that case [we pointed out rather firmly that
the discrepancy was the result of exam pressures combined
with the dyslexia]).
What do others do?
Regards, Deb
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:12:13 +0100 David Laycock
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> EA's message reinforces a growing concern I have with study
> support which used to be a first year phenomenon aimed at
> improving basic skills but which is now a degree long programme
> which regularly consists of proof reading (according to what the
> students tell me).
>
> The support tutors operate at some distance from the academics
> and I am far from convinced that the latter are aware of all that goes
> on. There is a very small gap between this and academic fraud and
> some of what I've heard suggests even that has been bridged. For
> this reason I have decided that in future, where our assessments
> recommend study support, we shall include a statement saying we
> expect the content of what is delivered to be discussed with the
> academics, at least in broad outline. After that it is up to them. I am
> sure some of you do this already, but I am equally sure some don't.
>
>
> Dave Laycock
>
> Head of CCPD
> Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
> University of Westminster
> 72 Great Portland Street
> London W1N 5AL
>
> tel. 0171-911-5161
> fax. 0171-911-5162
> WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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