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Gradual Release of Responsibility Instructional Framework

The gradual release of responsibility instructional framework is based on an assumption, namely that teachers can intentionally increase students' ownership of learning over time. The framework is based on several complementary theories, including

Who should attend?
Coach
Principal
Superintendent
Teacher
Grade Levels
Elementary School
High School
Middle School
Topics covered
Capacity building
Classroom Instruction That Works
Coaching and mentoring
Engaged (whole child)
Instructional leadership

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

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Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey 

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