Guide on the Side

Through research-backed strategies and practical applications, author Julia A. Simms explores self-regulated learning, instructional sequences, and brain-based learning. She examines the development of cognitive and metacognitive skills, working memory, and effective explicit instruction, offering step-by-step guidance for teachers to facilitate student learning. By supporting students through guided practice and monitoring, educators can help build declarative and procedural knowledge, enhance self-efficacy, and bridge learning gaps.

K-12 teachers can use this book to:

Enhance student learning outcomes through development of self-aware learning practices Understand how knowledge, memory, and metacognition work to inspire further learning Incorporate strategies that develop students' mental capacities as independent learners Employ action research processes to align goals with strategies that ensure successful outcomes Make students active agents in lifelong learning, setting goals with curious mindsets

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1: Self-Regulated Learning Chapter 2: Knowledge Chapter 3: Cognition Chapter 4: Metacognition Chapter 5: Motivation Epilogue References Index