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"This article explores some important insights offered by second language acquisition research, focusing in particular on the findings of interactional and Vygotskyan approaches. Finally, it argues that writing centers may be an ideal place for second language writers to work on their writing."

NB This resource was based on a corpus of graduate dissertations. "The Academic Phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological 'nuts and bolts' of writing organised according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation (see the top menu ). Other phrases are listed under the more general communicative functions of academic writing (see the menu on the left). The resource should be particularly useful for writers who need to report their research work.The phrases, and the headings under which they are listed, can be used simply to assist you in thinking about the content and organisation of your own writing, or the phrases can be incorporated into your writing where this is appropriate. In most cases, a certain amount of creativity and adaptation will be necessary when a phrase is used.The items in the Academic Phrasebank are mostly content neutral and generic in nature; in using them, therefore, you are not stealing other people's ideas and this does not constitute plagiarism. For some of the entries, specific content words have been included for illustrative purposes, and these should be substituted when the phrases are used.The resource was designed primarily for academic and scientific writers who are non-native speakers of English. However, native speaker writers may still find much of the material helpful. In fact, recent data suggest that the majority of users are native speakers of English. "

The Writing Campus, a blog for WAC, at George Mason University has a blog entry about better library research assignments

see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=20692331

26-minute video lecture by Eszter Timar, at Central European University entitled "How to Improve Your Research Proposal"

Article by Rebecca Babcock and Terese Thonus (with videos) discussing state of current WC research and how to get involved.

Includes resources on: Writing groups Writing literature reviews Presenting research The job search Discipline-specific resources

"The 18 entries in this bibliography summarize select articles and dissertations that focus on the effects of mandatory writing center visits. The entries are divided into two parts: Part 1 presents summaries of studies that emphasize quantitative and qualitative data. Part 2 presents studies that rely on anecdotal evidence and theoretical arguments."

Writing centers and mandatory visits, an annotated bibliography, in the WPA-CompPile research bibliography series, July 2013

An annotated bibliography covering relatively recent books and journal articles; topics include philosophy, theory/practice, pedagogy, evaluation, assessment, and graduate writing support

Longitudinal Studies of Writing Development

crowdsourcing a list of resources on WCs and student learning/retention; research on cost-effectiveness; individual reports from directors that demonstrate value of WCs see also a discussion on writing centers and grade improvement: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=18268126

The sign-up page for Commcenters, an international listserv for scholars and researchers interested in communication services in communication, writing, and multimodal communication centers. 

a handout for writers in STEM fields who need to "show how their work is important, relevant and new"

Bibliography on writing centers and required visits, im WPA-CompPiles Research Bibliography, compiles by Eliot Rendleman

crowdsourcing research related to writing center outreach; ideas for outreach see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24653462

This spreadsheet presents the years that over 1,000 writing center were founded. It may be of interest to those doing historical research. You'll note that the spreadsheet lists about 3,000 centers in total, many of which don't have founding years listed. If you know of a founding date that's missing, please submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CAMEiTQaiAUCDG5s7ImJVtfbHpvuPtVvS0tjq7rmRA4/viewform. And if you'd like to see some data visualizations of these dates, visit https://suemendelsohn.wordpress.com/.

discussion of scholarship related to marginalia (i.e. tutors writing on student papers); also covers policies re: marginalia