Guided Instruction: How to Develop Confident and Successful Learners

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About

You know that repeating the same words and the same instructions—or simply announcing the answers to questions—doesn′t help students learn. How do you get past the predictable and really teach your kids how to learn?

Introduction

Scaffolds for Learning: The Key to Guided Instruction

Questioning to Check for Understanding

Prompting for Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes

Cueing Students' Attention for Learning

Direct Explanation, Modeling, and Motivation

About the authors

Douglas Fisher is a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High in San Diego, California. Formerly an intervention teacher and elementary school educator, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame in 2022. Doug has authored numerous articles on leadership, reading and literacy, and curriculum design along with books such as Microlearning in the K–12 Classroom, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching, and All Learning Is Social and Emotional.

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Nancy Frey is a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High in San Diego, California. She is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California. Nancy has authored numerous articles on leadership, reading and literacy, and curriculum design as well as books such as Microlearning in the K–12 Classroom, Student Learning Communities, and Your Students, My Students, Our Students.