Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility, 3rd Edition

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Now in its third edition, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching is the definitive guide to the gradual release of responsibility—an instructional framework any teacher can use to help students to be more successful and self-directed learners.

Preface to the Third Edition

Learning and the Intentional Act of Teaching

Focused Instruction: Purpose and Cognitive Apprenticeship

Guided Instruction: Questions, Prompts, and Cues

Collaborative Learning: Creating Student Learning Communities

Independent Learning: Practicing and Applying What Has Been Taught

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.