Teaching The Strategies Essential For Creating Independent Learners. This research - based, scaffolded approach is embedded in the curriculum and aligns three elements that support students success: preparedness for mandated assessments; the use of meaningful problem - solving experiences, purposeful writing, and high - quality fiction and nonfiction reading; and the promotion of higher - order thinking, self - efficacy, and self direction. In Learning for Keeps, Koenig demystifies the complex processes involved in learning to read, write, and think well, reminding readers that if we pay inadequate attention to these bedrock processes, we shortchange the next generation and put our future at risk.

Laying the foundation for mediation that makes a difference -- The dynamics of changing complex behaviors -- The instructional plan for explicit mediation -- Task analysis : crafting explicit mediation -- Sample lesson plans for explicit mediation -- Looking under the hood : key reading strategies -- Looking under the hood : key writing strategies -- Looking under the hood : key problem-solving behaviors -- Setting the stage -- A bird's-eye view.