%0 Journal Article
%T The Degree of Directiveness in Written Advising: A Preliminary Investigation
%A Jo Mynard
%A Katherine Thornton
%J Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal
%D 2012
%I 
%X In this paper, the researchers analyse written discursive devices that learning advisors (LAs) at their institution use in order to give input to learners on their self-directed work. The researchers analysed written advising approaches by seven LAs throughout an eight-week period and coded the discursive devices according to their degree of directiveness. The results of the research indicate that LAs draw on a range of discursive devices and use varying degrees of directiveness when addressing the needs and learning stage of the students. The results have implications for LA training at the authors¡¯ institution.
%K advising
%K self-directed learning
%K written feedback
%K discursive devices
%U http://sisaljournal.org/archives/march12/mynard_thornton/