Liana Response 9/9

Five key terms that I see as informing on my tutoring practices are prior knowledge, remix, revision, reflection, and critical incident. Prior knowledge is pretty straight-forward in that it is the information or the concepts that  a student brings to their paper. These include tactics on writing styles whether they are applicable in the tutor session or not. Remix is when the student takes their prior knowledge and the new information that they learned during their session and applies it to their paper. Remix is the combination of prior and new knowledge. It can also be used as a term to describe how the student approaches their paper as their frame of mind. Revision is not only rereading the text and correcting grammatical errors, but going back and seeing what could be different and why or what would make the text better. A part of revision is also discussing the text with someone else in order to get a new point of view. Along with revision is reflection where the goal is to produce insight. Reflection is not only about looking at what was done and how/why, but also how the student might apply these techniques or concepts to other parts of their work. And finally, critical incident is the turning point where the student realizes that what they are doing is successful and that in order to be successful that they need to change their writing. A lot of the key terms that I listed show a clear direction that the student takes and informs me as a tutor where I must help lead the student. I must first figure out what prior knowledge they are bringing to the table and then with my new advice, help them remix it to something they can use. Once that is done, the student has to revise their paper and I might need to even revise the way that I approach the  session depending on their level of knowledge. The critical incident serves as a point where I know that what I am doing is working and where the student realizes that they need to change their old habits. Finally, we can reflect on the session and both understand what works and what doesn't work and learn to apply it to future papers/sessions.