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