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Whistling Vivaldi: How stereotypes affect us and what we can do
Author: Claude Steele
Claude M. Steele offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. Shedding new light on American social phenomena from racial and gender gaps and lays out a plan for mitigating these “stereotype threats” and reshaping American identities
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8 August 2022
Trello Board: Accessible Technology (Software)
Author: n/a
This is a library of accessible technology programs and software that would be of support for students.
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Could You Repeat That? A Guide to Oral Corrective Feedback in the Language Learning Classroom and Beyond
Author: Michael Reyes
The guide provides excellent strategies for educators to support spoken language skills development in students with EAL.
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Evernote
Author: Evernote
This app allows students to consolidate all of their notes and create flashcards. I saw this as a top recommended resource on social media (TikTok) for studying.
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Thriving in Action
Author: Toronto Metropolitan University
A holistic resilience resource. It integrates health promotion, and multidimensional well being with academic skill-building.
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AT Select
Author: Academic Intervention lab, University of Toronto
Assistive Technology (AT) is any technology that supports individuals with disabilities to complete tasks and activities independently. AT Select provides guides and comprehensive reviews to assist in decision-making.
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Author: Bessel van der Klok
In The Body Keeps the Score, van der Klok uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity.
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Learning Skills Workshops Supporting First-Year Courses
Author: Sheilagh Grills
In this paper, the author explains supplementary workshops developed to target fundamental skills with course-specific examples.
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6 August 2022
A synthesis of spelling and reading interventions and their effects on the spelling outcomes of students with LD
Author: Jeanne Wanzek, Sharon Vaughn, Jade Wexler, Elizabeth A Swanson, Meghan Edmonds, Ae-Hwa Kim
Spelling is challenging for students with LDs, and improving outcomes is a priority. This synthesis examines the effects of spelling and reading interventions on spelling outcomes for students K – 12.
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8 August 2022
Research on language and literacy socialization at Canadian universities
Author: Duff, P., Zappa-Hollman, S., & Surtees, V.
This article highlights the changing theoretical understandings of language/literacy socialization processes based on a number of studies, in terms of students’ trajectories, the interplay of students’ (multiple) languages in their learning and performance, the various agents and directions of their socialization, acts of resistance versus compliance with established norms, and the role of peer support and social networks in their academic and social experiences, and ways of tracking these.
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