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TUTOR, civil law. A person who has been lawfully appointed to the care of the person and property of a minor.
     2. By the laws of Louisiana minors under the age of fourteen years, if males, and under the age of twelve years, if females, are both, as to their persons and their estates, placed under the authority of a tutor. Civ. Code, art. 263. Above that age, and until their, majority or emancipation, they are placed under the authority of a curator. Ibid.



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Similarly, in "The Third Voice in the Session: Helping Students Interpret Teachers' Comments on Their Papers," Janet Auten and Melissa Pasterkiewicz explore how useful writing tutors can be in helping students understand what their instructors mean.
Though various writing tutor training textbooks make reference to the importance of student reading in college level courses (Clark, 1985; Clark, 1998; Meyer & Smith, 1987; Murphy & Sherwood, 1995; Ryan, 1994), surprisingly few describe what writing tutors can do to improve their tutees' reading skills--and thereby further enhance their writing ability.
The authors claim that although collaborative learning occurs frequently in the university system, chances for students, teachers, and writing tutors to engage in meaningful collaborative activities in classrooms are much rarer and need to be implemented more often.
 
 
 
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