Typcasting the Writing Center

Principal Investigator: Tom Deans
Students: Alexandria Bottelsen and Luke LaRosa
Title of Study: Typcasting the Writing Center: Identity and Perception in the University
Community

You are invited to participate in this survey of your perceptions about the University Writing Center. We are undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut, and are conducting this survey as part of the University Writing Center. I am interested in finding out how students within the community perceive the Writing Center as a resource.

Your participation in this study will require completion of the attached questionnaire. This should take approximately 5 minutes of your time. Your participation will be anonymous and you will not be contacted again in the future. You will not be paid for being in this study. This survey does not involve any risk to you. However, the benefits of your participation may impact society by helping increase knowledge about how to better serve the University community.

You do not have to be in this study if you do not want to be. You do not have to answer any question that you do not want to answer for any reason. We will be happy to answer any questions you have about this study. If you have further questions about this project or if you have a research-related problem, you may contact me, Alexandria Bottelsen (the student) at 678-477-8552 or my advisor, Tom Deans at (860) 486-9728. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant you may contact the University of Connecticut Institutional Review Board (IRB) at 860-486-8802. The IRB is a group of people who review research studies to protect the rights and welfare of research participants.

Thank you.

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* 1. Are you above the age of 18? Note: If you are not, we ask you to please discontinue filling out this survey.

Yes

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* 2. What is your familiarity with the Writing Center?

I have never heard of it.

I have heard of it but have not been.

I have visited the Center for one session.

I have visited the Center for more than one session.

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* 3. Please list the first 3 words that come to mind when thinking about the UConn Writing Center:

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* 4. From which of the following have you heard about the Writing Center? Please check all that apply

Instructors

Friends

Writing Center Staff

Facebook

Twitter

Writing Center Website

UConn Orientation/Campus Tour

FYE Class

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Overall, what would you say the impression of the Writing Center is among undergraduate students?

positive

neutral

negative

they don’t know it exists/ its purpose

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* 6. Finally, we'd like to ask you a little about yourself.
What is your gender?

Male

Female

I don't identify with either

Prefer not to answer

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* 7. Is English your first language?

Yes

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* 8. How many semesters have you been a student at UConn?

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

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* 1. Are you above the age of 18? Note: If you are not, we ask you to please discontinue filling out this survey.

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* 2. What is your familiarity with the Writing Center?

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* 3. Please list the first 3 words that come to mind when thinking about the UConn Writing Center:

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* 4. From which of the following have you heard about the Writing Center? Please check all that apply

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* 5. Overall, what would you say the impression of the Writing Center is among undergraduate students?

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* 6. Finally, we'd like to ask you a little about yourself. What is your gender?

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* 7. Is English your first language?

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* 8. How many semesters have you been a student at UConn?

* 6. Finally, we'd like to ask you a little about yourself.
What is your gender?