Dickinson State University (DSU) students enrolled in Mr. Kevin Moberg’s fall honors writing course served as writing tutors to sophomores and juniors at Dickinson High School (DHS).

Moberg, assistant professor of English and education at DSU, and Tina Whittington, an English teacher at DHS, collaborated to give their students a mutually beneficial learning experience. Whittington’s students received feedback from university students in an advanced writing course, getting advice as they worked on drafts of their essays; Moberg’s students reinforced their own learning about good writing by applying those concepts to others’ work.

The high school students shared their early drafts electronically with the university students, who met in teams to prepare feedback on each draft. Then, Moberg’s students traveled to DHS to meet face to face with Whittington’s class for small-group and one-to-one writing tutorials.

Moberg’s students are participants in DSU’s Theodore Roosevelt Honors Leadership Program.