The Online Tutor as
Cross-Curricular Double Agent

Introduction

Peer Tutoring
The Ideal
Detente
Epistemologies
Research in Peer Tutoring

OWL History

The Grant
The Environment
1994-1995 Report
1996 Report

Original Research Plan

Rhetorical Analyses

Preliminary Conclusions

Refocused Research

Basic Composition Course Analysis
Tutor Training
Email as a Tutoring Medium

Overview of Results

Influencing Basic Composition
Basic Writers and the OWL
Changes to the Tutor Training
Changes to the Electronic Interface