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by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
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This ASCD Study Guide is designed to enhance your understanding and application of the information contained in Guided Instruction: How to Develop Confident and Successful Learners, an ASCD book written by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey and published in October 2010. You can use the study guide before or after you have read the book, or as you engage with each chapter. The study questions provided are not meant to cover all aspects of the book, but, rather, to address specific ideas that might provoke reflection about advancing formative assessment in a classroom, a group of classrooms, or a school.
Most of the questions contained in this study guide are ones you can think about on your own, but you might consider pairing with a colleague or forming a study group with others to discuss the questions.
Before reading the book, consider the following terms: guided instruction, scaffolds, intentional instruction, gradual release of responsibility, prompts, cues, questions. Define these terms and discuss what they mean to you.
Review the terms from the Pre-reading list. How has reading this book changed or validated your thinking about these concepts? What questions do you still have? What might be your first step in implementing guided instruction?
Guided Instruction: How to Develop Confident and Successful Learners was written by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. This 140-page, 7" x 9" book (Stock #111017; ISBN: 978-1-4166-1068-7) is available from ASCD for $16.95 (ASCD member) or $22.95 (nonmember). Copyright © 2010 by ASCD. To order a copy, call ASCD at 1-800-933-2723 (in Virginia 1-703-578-9600) and press 2 for the Service Center. Or buy the book from ASCD's Online Store.
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