Open Access Resources

Below are some open access resources to check out:

Educational Learning Theories by Molly Zhou and David Brown 

This open access textbook was the result of a remix of pre-existing open materials collected and reviewed by Molly Zhou and David Brown. Learning theories covered include the theories of Piaget, Bandura, Vygotsky, Kohlberg, Dewey, Bronfenbrenner, Eriksen, Gardner, Bloom, and Maslow.

Foundations of Education by various authors

This collection of texts on the topic of education ranges from 19th Century Education to PTA National Standards to Political Influences in Education. It is a great place to start exploring your interests on a wide range of topics related to education.

Exploring the Cross-Linguistic Contribution of Spanish and English Academic Language Skills to English Text Comprehension for Middle-Grade Dual Language Learners

This study examine the unique and shared contributions of Spanish and English core academic language skills (CALS) to English reading comprehension in a population of Spanish-English dual language learners in Grades 4 and 5 (n = 165). This study finds that Spanish and English CALS are positively and significantly related, and, further, that both sets of skills exert a unique positive influence on English reading comprehension.