Guide on the Side: Sequencing Instruction for Self-Regulated Learners

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.