Collaboration, Control, and the idea of a Writing Center Blog #2

Collaboration is very important in a writing center because it helps shape the way people write. For example, some of the main points that were described in the chapter is that

• Collaboration aids in problem finding as well as problem solving
• It helps people learn in a different way
• Collaboration allows people to think
• Collaboration allows people to sharpen their ideas
• It leads to higher achievement
• Collaboration engages the student and it allows active learning

I feel that collaboration does engage the student in a way because sometimes working together allows he or she to succeed. I feel that these ideas work because it combines reading, talking, writing, thinking all in one process. Sometimes two minds are better then one. Sometimes collaboration can sometimes be a bad thing. So in order to get groups to work well in the writing center, we as tutors should be effective as we can.