Douglas Fisher

Now in its 3rd 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.To gradually release responsibility is to equip students with what they need to master content and develop new competencies. On a day-to-day basis, it means delivering lessons intentionally structured to incorporate four interrelated phases: * Focused Instruction (I do it) that sets students up for cognitive apprenticeship by establishing lesson purpose, modeling strategies and skills, and sharing information and insight.* Guided Instruction (We do it together) that incorporates targeted prompts, cues, and questions to scaffold understanding.* Collaborative Learning (You do it together) that allows students to consolidate and extend understanding through accountable group tasks built on discussion and cooperative problem solving.* Independent

The quality and the strength of an environmental legal system is a reflection of the conceptual foundations upon which it is constructed. The Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental

Based on the Cornell note-taking format, this resource incorporates writing into the learning process. Directly linked to the student text, this notebook provides a systematic approach to learning sci

Based on the Cornell note-taking format, this resource incorporates writing into the learning process. Directly linked to the student text, this notebook provides a systematic approach to learning sci

Based on the Cornell note-taking format, this resource incorporates writing into the learning process. Directly linked to the student text, this notebook provides a systematic approach to learning sci

Helps students understand what and why they're reading, develop vocabulary, and prepare for assessment.

Newly revised and updated throughout, this new Texas Edition has been specially developed to align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards.What it really means to "read close

Discover proven methods to enhance teaching and learning schoolwide. Identify questions educators should ask to guarantee a positive classroom culture where students learn from each other, not just te

This new 2nd edition of Checking for Understanding has been updated to reflect the latest thinking in formative assessment and to show how the concepts apply in the context of Fisher and Frey's work o

Explore strategies for integrating the Common Core State Standards for English language arts for grades 3-5 in this interdisciplinary resource, which focuses on areas of instruction, curriculum, asses

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are part of a decades-long state-led initiative to establish the fundamental educational learning targets that ensure all students are college and career ready i

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are part of a decades-long state-led initiative to establish the fundamental educational learning targets that ensure all students are college and career ready i

Fisher and Frey (educational leadership and literacy, San Diego State U.) detail tips and strategies for teachers of grades six through eight to use to integrate the Common Core State Standards for En

Fisher and Frey (educational leadership and literacy, San Diego State U.) outline strategies for teachers of grades three through five in professional learning communities (PLC) at the school or distr

Fisher and Frey (educational leadership and literacy, San Diego State U.) show principals how to work with English learners by focusing on five ideas: understanding proficiency levels and holding reas

Fisher and Frey (language and literacy education and literacy, San Diego State U.) show teachers at all levels how to structure lessons with learning goals in mind by establishing the purpose of a les

Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey say that helping students develop immediate and lifelong learning skills is best achieved through guided instruction, which they define as saying or doing the just-right

For K-12 teachers, Fisher and Frey (language and literacy education, San Diego State U. and Health Science High & Middle College) detail a model that enhances Response to Intervention programs by

Fisher and Frey share six research-based strategies that support every developing writer. They present each strategy within a scaffolded framework of lessons that begin with teacher-directed instruct