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Teach Yourself How to Learn: Strategies You Can Use to Ace Any Course at Any Level
Author: Saundra McGuire
The author introduces her readers, through the concept of metacognition, to the importance and powerful consequences of understanding themselves as learners.
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6 August 2022
Doing away with ‘study skills’
Author: Ursala Wingate
One of my favourite articles to offer a critical perspective on our profession. This paper argues that the widespread approach to enhancing student learning through separate study skills courses is ineffective, and that the term ‘study skills’ itself has misleading implications, which are counterproductive to learning.
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8 August 2022
Citation Machine
Author: Citation Machine
This website helps you make references and citations for different styles like APA format. Myself and a lot of students use this resource when citing.
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Your body language may shape who you are
Author: Amy Cuddy
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy argues that “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can boost feelings of confidence, and might have an impact on our chances for success.
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Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn
Author: Barbara Oakley
Neuroscientists have made enormous strides in understanding the brain and how we learn, but little of that insight has filtered down to the way teachers teach. Uncommon Sense Teaching applies this research to the classroom for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in improving education.
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The Mismeasurement of Man
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
When first published, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. In this edition Dr. Gould has written a new introduction, tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right through The Bell Curve.
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6 August 2022
Verb cheat sheet
Author: Thesis Whisperer
A list of verbs and that show judgement about the topic. Great for EAL learners as well as upper-level undergrads and graduate students who are looking for ways to develop their academic vocabulary and find a more scholarly voice.
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8 August 2022
ARECCI Screening Tool
Author: Alberta Innovates
Alberta Research Ethics Community Consensus Initiative (ARECCI) Screening is a research tool to help determine project risk and relevant ethics reviews.
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Metacognition
Author: McGill Teaching and Learning Services
Metacognition is a powerful tool for students to use to understand how they learn. This video explains how metacognition helps you assess your options for how to study and how to implement the best approach. It can help you be more purposeful and intentional, so that you’re studying to learn.
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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.”
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