Why do the papers of some students who visit the Writing Lab still have errors?
Tutors do not edit papers because the primary goal of the Writing Lab is to help students improve their writing. Ideally, a conversation about a draft begins with larger issues of structure, clarity, and effective argument, with the tutor and student taking time to work through revisions. Then the conversation moves on to finer points, with the tutor highlighting patterns of error or offering revision guidelines, still coaching the student in editing information. Sometimes creating a polished paper requires a second appointment after the student has worked more on the paper. Final Papers may have errors for several reasons: * A draft has too many issues to work through in the course of one tutoring session. * A student applies revision guidelines and reworks the paper after the session, but does not spend enough time on final editing. * A student comes in one or two hours before the paper is due, so there is time to work on only selected areas. * The tutor and student may work through
