http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol02/05/01.pdf In recent years there has been a demand for highly qualified foreign language teachers in "critical need languages," Arabic, Chin...
(Week 9: Maia and Shawntel) http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=2&sid=e170a0cb-a31d-4969-a5e3-cb7f75039f80%40sessionmgr4008 This journal article is accessible ...
The research questions of this single site case study involved understanding why an achievement gap exists, and to identify the instructional strategies and best practices used to narrow the achiev...
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of computer-based math interventions in an attempt to improve math performance of fourth and fifth grade students with math struggles; most n...
https://www.americanreading.com/research-and-results/case-studies/camden/ This research study shows ARC's ability to close the achievement gap and improve student reading achievement.
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED537157.pdf This study showed the benefit of project based learning and especially those in low socio-economical schools. This ensures that students still get m...
http://www.flocabulary.com/ This website offers educational rap songs and rap videos. You can start a free trial that lasts 30 days, but there is a fee for individuals and better pricing for sch...
The participants in this study were Grade 4, 5, 6 and 9 math students that demonstrated difficulty with number perception and basic math concepts that significantly interfered with comprehension an...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/12/24/we-are-trying-to-close-the-achievement-gap-all-wrong-teacher/ This article expresses an educators teaching experienced and what they ...
Doodle is a collaborative tool that helps in scheduling meetings. It's especially useful for larger groups who need to meet. This would be helpful for study groups in particular or older students...
www.quizlet.com is a great site for students to review vocabulary. Many sets already exist or you can create your own. Students are able to review by giving themselves quizzes or playing games.
This site gives students the opportunity to watch campaign ads from presidential elections from 1952 to 2012. It's a cool way to teach about propaganda and political advertising. The site is www.l...
Historypin (http://www.historypin.com/) allows users to post photographs, audio, and video files to different places in the world. It provides primary sources about areas, historical and present da...
http://quizlet.com/ Quizlet is a tool that allows teachers to create flashcards, (mock-up) tests and study games. When designing activities, teachers can add pictures and voice over. Teachers can ...
Here's a direct link to Chronozoom: http://www.chronozoom.com/
The daddy of project management, Basecamp was created when 37 Signals couldn't find a project management app that wasn't insanely complicated, and so decided to build its own. It worked so well tha...
http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.umuc.edu/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.09.019
With perennial disappointing math performance of U.S. students, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics listed the following deficits: lack of recall and fluency with basic math facts and ...
https://seymoureducate.com/2016/09/28/closing-the-instructional-gap-with-virtual-reality/ Is virtual reality the way to close the achievement gap? Will the use of VR headsets allow all students to...
