Pre-Service

 

Tutoring Process

Active Listening: Improve Your Ability to Listen and Lead, First Edition : Improve Your Ability to Listen and Lead  by Michael H. Hoppe

• Available through New Paltz Library database. Check to see if your institution has access. Accessible Word document available upon request.  An Ebook on the importance of active listening and how to successfully improve your listening skills.

Being a Good Listener from The School of Life (YouTube)

•  Available on YouTube, accessible by turning on subtitles. A video on what active listening looks like on an interpersonal level and the psychology/history behind it.

Working with ELL and Generation 1.5 Students

“Responding to Student Writing: Implications for Second Language Students: Part II: Practice” by Dana R. Ferris

• Available through New Paltz Library database. Check to see if your institution has access.

“Critical thinking skills among EFL/ESL learners: A review of literature” by Pezhman Zare

• Available through New Paltz Library database. Check to see if your institution has access. Accessible version available through link. An article that explores the meaning of critical thinking skills and how they are used in communication through the specific lens of ESL learners.

Learning Styles

“Learning Styles and Fieldwork Education: Students’ Perspectives” by Linda Robertson, Tania Smellie, Phillipa Wilson and Lisa Cox.

• Available through New Paltz Library database. Check to see if you institution has access. Accessible version available through link. An article that observes occupational therapy students and their utilization of learning styles.

“Learning Styles Again: VARKing Up the Right Tree” by Neil Fleming

• Available through the VARK website. An article about how Neil Fleming developed the theory surrounding VARK learning styles.

“Different Perspectives of Learning Styles from VARK Model” by Norasmah Othman and Mohd Hasril Amiruddin

• Available through attached link. Accessible version available upon request. An article on the effectiveness and applicability of VARK learning styles.

“Learning Styles and Strategies” by Richard M. Felder and Barbara A. Solomon

• Available through attached link. Accessible version available upon request. An article about the Felder and Solomon learning styles theory, a theory not covered in our unit on learning styles, but worth looking into if you are interested in learning styles.

 

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Read “Critical Thinking: The Art of Socratic Questioning.” To find an accessible version click the link below and enter your New Paltz login.

“Critical Thinking: The Art of Socratic Questioning”

Questions to think about while reading:

• When have probing questions helped you to better understand a topic in your academic experiences?
• How can you use probing questions to determine a student’s level of understanding or position on Bloom’s Taxonomy pyramid?