Motivation and procrastination
The questions are really good for getting students to reflect on what’s happening when they procrastinate—and the steps they’re willing to take to make a change.
Writing resources
There are many writing support handouts that specialize in appropriate grammar and style.
Write like a scholar
Academic language is like a dialect; it’s a subset of English that is used for a specific purpose—academic speaking and writing—and understood by a specific audience—academics.
WordReference
Author: WordReference Online English, French, Spanish, Italian and German dictionary. I’ve used this resource many times to translate to French. View Website
Wisahkotewinowak: An urban Indigenous garden collective in the Waterloo-Wellington region.
Author: Wisahkotewinowak Wisahkotewinowak is an urban Indigenous garden collective building Land-based relationships across the Grand River Territory. View Website
What Works: A Manual for Designing Programs that Build Resilience
Author: Michael Ungar An easy to use guide that explains what resilience is and how the concept can be used in the design of programs for children, youth, and families. View Website
What can you do about pandemic learning losses?
Author: Rebecaa Branstetter Helpful centering of SEL (social emotional learning) in pandemic context. This is a rethink of “pandemic learning losses.” View Website
UDL Guidelines
Author: CAST The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. View Website
Translanguaging: Using Your Native Language to Read and Write in English
Author: Baruch College Writing Centre A blog post for multilingual learners explaining how to use your native language as a strategy for reading and writing in English. It gives multilingual learners permission to use and value their native language as an effective learning strategy for studying in English. The tips are clear and easy to […]
Thriving in Action
A holistic resilience resource. It integrates health promotion, and multidimensional well being with academic skill-building.
The Learning Portal: Study Skills
This is an external holistic resource that provides studying tips and strategies in math, writing, presentation, time management, etc.
The Adaptech Research Network
managing test anxiety View Website