Purpose: to explore what happens, on both the student and tutor sides, when the tutor is at a loss and to compare my observations with what other research says.
Research Question: During a loss, what happens before, during, and after it; how do the writer and coach react; and how does all this compare with research?
What I will observe in sessions... I need to almost predict with a loss will happen since I'm aiming to note the "rising action," if you will. I originally thought that would be fairly easy.. you know, I would be able to see the session's path was heading down one the tutor slowly feels uneasy about. But from my experiences so far, I kind of just... hit this sudden wall of "oh man... what do I do now?!" So at least for most of my sessions, that rising action may be very minimal - it may solely consist of one sentence the student utters. But if that's what happens, then that's what happens!
Okay so I also need to pay attention to body language because that may be my biggest indicator as to what both parties are feeling (unless I'm one of the parties cause then, well, I generally know how I'm feeling).
And then I guess I also need to try to determine what the tutor decides to do.. kind of interpret his actions and match them up with the closest method or action that the research talks about.. or doesn't talk about because, hey, we've got a unique bunch of tutors who may do something wild and crazy! or the tutor may do something not wild and crazy but still something research doesn't mention.
what else what else what else... there's the evaluation forms that can give me student feedback... still thinkin about that one. umm.
okay maybe the type of writing or assignment or problem will be significant. because looking back on my sessions so far.. I think I've started out in each one of them not knowing exactly how to approach it. I wonder if I do that every time and that's just my method of getting started.
well let me think back to last year when I was tutoring... I guess a lot of times I start off running through a lot of options in my head.. but sometimes I think I pretty much know where to go. I may end up deciding that that initial period of figuring out what to do is a different kind of loss.. and I may not.
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