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Making thinking visible through questions

Two young women sit at a table and look intently at a document. It is clear they are working together.

Before we initiated tutor training in our programs in the Learning Commons, it was common for peer assistants to do more explaining and less asking. Nowadays, questions increasingly play a major role in our peer assistance sessions. While our trained peer assistants may know by heart that the role of the tutor is to facilitate…Continue Reading Making thinking visible through questions