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    • ELL Students: Advice from a Writing Tutor
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  • Unit 9: The Importance of Self Care
  • Using the Composition Rubric as a Tool for Analyzing an Assignment
  • Pre-Service
    • A History of the SWW Program
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    • Ethics
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    • The Embedded SWW Tutor
    • Tutoring Ground Rules & Record Keeping
    • Working with SWW Instructors
    • Unit 6: Critical Thinking and Reading Skills Wrap Up
  • Tutoring Process
    • Building Rapport
    • How to Structure a Tutoring Session
    • Pt 2: Tutoring Strategies
    • Pt. 1: The Basics Wrap Up
    • Pt. 2: Tutoring Strategies Wrap Up
    • Record Keeping & Ground Rules (from Pre-Service)
    • Communication Methods
    • Brainstorming, Outlining & Discussion
    • Probing Questions & the Socratic Method
    • Active Listening
    • Pt. 2: Gen 1.5 Students Wrap Up
  • Learning Styles
    • Learning Styles Theory
    • VARK & Your Tutoring Experience
    • VARK
      • Visual
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      • Reading & Writing
      • Kinesthetic
    • Unit 4: Learning Styles Wrap-Up
    • Kolb’s Learning Styles
  • Diversity
    • Disabilities
    • Race, Culture, and Ethnicity
    • Gender and Sexuality
    • Unit 7: Diversity Wrap Up
  • Critical Thinking & Reading Skills
    • A Critical Thinking Guide
    • Critical Reading Skills
    • Toolbox for Critical Reading
    • Using Essay Rubrics to Analyze Assignments
    • Wrap-Up
  • Learning Strategies
    • Study Skills
    • Time-Management Skills
    • Unit 5: Learning Strategies Wrap-Up
    • Revision Strategies
  • Research
    • Pt. 1: Library Resources & Tutoring Approaches
    • Pt. 2: Plagiarism
      • SUNY New Paltz Policies
    • Resources to Use with Students
    • Types of Plagiarism: It’s Complicated
    • Plagiarism: In the Context of Tutoring
    • Brainstorming and Conversational Tutoring
    • Pt. 2: Plagiarism Wrap Up
  • Tutoring Problems
    • Miscommunication & Expectations
    • Making Referrals
    • Unit 10: Tutoring Problems Wrap Up
  • Self-Care and Setting Boundaries as a Tutor
    • Unit 9: The Importance of Self-Care
    • Coping with Daily Stressors
    • Setting Boundaries
    • Unit 9: Importance of Self-Care Wrap Up
  • Resources
    • Units 1 – 4: Resources
    • Unit 5 – 7 Resources
    • Unit 8 – 10 Resources
    • Writing Resources
    • Miscellaneous Resources

Critical Thinking & Reading Skills

This section has several pages about working with students to develop both their critical thinking and critical reading skills.

 

A Critical Thinking Guide

Critical Thinking: Video Overviews

Using Essay Rubrics to Analyze Assignments

Critical Reading Skills

Toolbox for Critical Reading

Unit 6: Critical Thinking & Reading Skills Wrap Up

 

Link to Resources for Unit 6

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