I received a lot of good feedback from my fellow students. I
liked the way we presented our ideas and had our class critique what they
thought was working and what they thought was not working.
From what I heard back from everyone was they said it was a
good idea for me to be doing observations, rather than interviews. That way, I
can see a tutor in action, rather than just have them tell me what they do to
help students brainstorm thesis topics. Only around two people said I should
either interview the tutor or the student after the sessions, which I probably
will not do. I believe I can get enough information from observing sessions.
The question I had asked the class is if I should observe “revising”
sessions. My main concern is that I am not finding enough “brainstorming
freshman” sessions. What I said to back it up was that a lot of freshman
students would come into the writing center and have an entire paper written,
but no thesis. Regardless if the student makes a session specifically for “revising,”
they still might have to brainstorm a thesis. With my lack of time/sessions
left to observe, four people in the class agreed with me, four had no comment,
and one disagreed. I don’t see how observing revising sessions would hurt me—I can
simply add it into my question. If I observe both, I will be able to have
enough information to support my question. Otherwise, I do not think my project
will be successful, which people in the class agree with.
So, the advice I will take is to consider observing revising
appointments, in addition to observing appointments with freshman. The advice I
will probably not take is interviewing a student or a tutor. I will not have
enough time to do that and I want my information for my projects to be real and
honest. If I do interviews, I do not know how honest people will be. And
personally, if I got interviewed after an appointment, I would not know what to
say as a student or as a tutor. It’s sometimes difficult to be put on the spot.
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