Hailey Hathaway
  • Biology and Theatre Performance
  • Class of 2017
  • Jefferson, WI

Jefferson student presents research at seventh annual Celebration of Scholars event

2017 May 2

Carthage College held the seventh annual Celebration of Scholars event on Friday, April 28, 2017. Celebration of Scholars is a poster exhibition that features original research, scholarship, and creative work completed by Carthage students.

Hailey Hathaway of Jefferson presented "Using a Visual Writing Toolkit to Reach Target Populations" at the event.

This is the project's abstract:

"It was hypothesized that through the development and implementation of a "Visual Learning Toolkit" for targeted populations, tutors would communicate more effectively with international, developmental, and at-risk clients, and encourage them to assume ownership of their work and better retain and apply new writing skills. Although many visual resources already exist, a "kit" of unified visual resources would provide tutors with an efficient tool and provide clients with information that is easily understood and retained. The effectiveness of the kit was tested in sessions with clients from targeted populations who had previously participated in traditional Writing Center sessions. After successfully implementing this resource, the current goal is to upgrade the kit to include a "set" of visuals for individual writing topics that would move clients towards working independently."