The Gradual Release of Responsibility in Literacy Research and Practice

ISBN: 978-1-78769-448-4, eISBN: 978-1-78769-447-7

ISSN: 2048-0458

Publication date: 26 August 2019

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(2019), "", McVee, M.B., Ortlieb, E., Reichenberg, J.S. and Pearson, P.D. (Ed.) The Gradual Release of Responsibility in Literacy Research and Practice (Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation, Vol. 10), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 265-270. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2048-045820190000010017

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INDEX

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate notes.

“Abiotic”
, 193

Achievement gap discourses
, 230

Activism
, 114–115

Adult learning
, 95–96

American Sign Language (ASL)
, 162, 166n2

Amplification/assistive listening device
, 155

Andragogy
, 95–96

Apprenticeship (see also Reading Apprenticeship)

cognitive
, 55

within GRR model
, 185

literature
, 173

Arizona English Language Learner Assessment (AZELLA)
, 83–84

Behavioral theories of learning
, 247

Behaviorism
, 247

Bilingual teachers
, 139–140

Bruner’s theory of cognitive development
, 58

Bully, The (Langan)
, 233–234

Capitalism
, 112–114

Center for Study of Reading
, 4

Children’s resources
, 27

Classroom

interactions
, 171–172

teaching
, 257

visits
, 175–176

Coaches/coaching
, 171–172

revoices
, 179–180

sessions
, 175–176

suggestion
, 177

Cochlear implant (CI)
, 155, 166n1

Cognates
, 139, 142–144

Cognitive apprenticeship
, 55

Cognitive processes
, 207

Cognitive strategies

implementing GRR to model cognitive strategies in Spanish
, 145–146

instruction
, 140

Cognitive turn
, 248–249

Coherent curriculum
, 68–69, 76

Collaborative and guided practice
, 173

Collaborative learning
, 93

Collaborative meaning making
, 45

Collaborative reading strategies list
, 43

Collegial scaffolding
, 4–5

Common Core State Standards
, 207

Comprehension, check, and repair strategy (CC&R strategy)
, 158–159

Comprehension strategies
, 157

Conditional knowledge
, 55, 140

recognizing need for
, 61–64

Contemporary educational psychology
, 7

Critical digital literacy projects for older students
, 240

Critical Elements of Strategy Instruction (CESI)
, 55

Critical literacy
, 108

Cultural identities
, 231

Culturally relevant literacy pedagogy
, 231

Ladson-Billings’ principles
, 231

transforming GRR model through
, 231–240

Culturally relevant texts
, 234

Culturally responsive independent practices
, 238–240

Deaf education, GRR model enacted in
, 157

Deaf or hard-of-hearing students (DHH students)
, 155–156

approaches to supporting reading comprehension for
, 157

approaches to supporting writing skills development for
, 161

CC&R strategy
, 158–159

individualized approach with single subject
, 159–160

scaffolded self-editing approach
, 162–163

SRSD
, 161–162

think-aloud approach to assessment and instruction
, 160–161

Deaf students and educational settings
, 155–156

Dialogic reading
, 233

comprehension instruction
, 140–141

Diversity
, 156, 230

dimensions
, 233

in student participants
, 157

Durkin’s study
, 247

Early literacy classroom

context and participants
, 125

description of classroom
, 126

GRR and metacognition
, 121–123

guided instruction
, 127–132

guided instruction activities
, 124–125

language socialization
, 123–124

learning
, 120–121

metacognition and metalinguistics
, 123

methods
, 124

modeling
, 126–127

telling case
, 125–126

Education databases
, 108

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
, 108

Education Source
, 108

Elementary schools
, 230

Elementary teachers and readers
, 220

Emergent bilingual students
, 138–140

English as New Language (ENL)
, 175

English as second language (ESL)
, 125

English language learner program (ELL program)
, 74, 83

English learners (ELs)
, 171

English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
, 234

Eurocentric curriculum
, 108

Facilitators
, 44

Freedom Summer (Wiles)
, 234

Goin’ Someplace Special (McKissack)
, 234

GOLD Online Assessment
, 126

“Goldilocks” principle
, 12

Gradual release of responsibility (GRR)
, 2–3, 6, 10, 24, 40, 56, 59–60, 68, 93, 107, 120, 139, 143–145, 157, 170–172, 191–192, 206, 208, 218, 231, 246

benefits of using GRR instead of scripted instruction
, 146–147

collegial scaffolding
, 4–5

in Contemporary Educational Psychology
, 7, 56

continuing evolution
, 250–257

Ebb and flow of scaffolding
, 57

enhancements in model
, 9

Fisher and Frey’s Version
, 14

historical context for
, 246–248

implementing group learning within
, 257–259

implementing to support writing in English
, 148–149

instructional framework
, 93–95

joint actions within
, 184–185

in learning walks
, 96–99

and metacognition
, 121–123

misuses
, 253–257

model
, 8, 108–109, 157

potential for PSD of teachers
, 139–140

in professional learning
, 99–100

scaffolded instructional support for strategic processing
, 57–59

socio-constructivist PSD and
, 141–142

teacher and student responsibility
, 17

visual model
, 5–8

Guided practice
, 237–238

component
, 218

I Can statements
, 79–80, 87

“I do-We do–You do” cycle
, 226

“I Do” lessons
, 232–235

“I Do” phase

think-alouds for
, 221–222

transferring to
, 225–226

Iconic representation
, 58

Instruction(al)

alternative models of
, 250

framework
, 43, 159

leadership
, 92–93, 95

Interactions
, 27–28

instructive series
, 29

window into interactions within tasks
, 30–31

Intersubjectivity
, 26

tasks with scope
, 28–30

window into interactions within tasks
, 30–31

Joint action
, 173

GRR and
, 174, 184–185

model for literacy coaching
, 174

Joy Luck Club (Tan)
, 235

Justice-centered teaching
, 107–108

K-8

reading in urban school
, 82

schools
, 230

Ladson-Billings’ principles of culturally relevant pedagogy
, 231

Language

directive and heavily scaffold
, 197–198

elaborating on student responses and questions
, 198–200

implications for practice
, 201–202

incorporating into science inquiry, discourse, and writing
, 197

independent student use
, 200–201

socialization
, 123–124

Languaging
, 120–121, 126

Learning
, 4–5, 120, 209

alternative models of
, 250

communities
, 85

opportunities
, 27

progressions
, 213

Learning walks

GRR in
, 96–99

implementing to support classroom teachers
, 97–98

Literacy
, 24

achievement
, 70, 81

knowledge
, 77

learning
, 232

portfolios
, 163

research
, 232

skills
, 154–155

Literacy coaching
, 171

apprenticeship within GRR model
, 185

appropriation
, 173

classroom visits
, 175–176

coaching sessions
, 175–176

creating central challenge question
, 179–180

data analysis
, 176–177

describing video
, 178–179

enactment
, 182

findings
, 177

generating alternatives
, 180–181

GRR and joint action
, 174

GRR model
, 170–171

identify initial perplexity
, 177–178

implications
, 184

joint action model for
, 174–175

joint actions within GRR model
, 184–185

methodology
, 174

reflecting again
, 182

reflective development
, 171–172

reflective framework
, 175–176

secondary level
, 172

selecting alternatives
, 181

situated joint action
, 173

sustainability
, 183

teacher agency and independence
, 182–183

theoretical framework
, 172

variable responsibility
, 173

Mainstreaming
, 156

Making it Home: Real Life Stories from Children Forced to Flee (Naidoo)
, 237

Ma¯ori principle
, 28

Metacognitive/metacognition
, 123

conversation
, 43

conversational routines
, 46–47

GRR and
, 121–123

routines
, 44

strategies
, 157

Metalinguistics
, 123

Miss Nelson is Missing (Allard & Marshall)
, 220, 223

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
, 70, 230

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers (NGA/CCSSO)
, 25

Other Side, The (Woodson)
, 234

Perplexity, Describe, Central Challenge, Alternatives, Select, Enact, Reflect framework (PD-CASE-R framework)
, 176–182

Phonemes
, 123

Planning

in research
, 249

tool
, 44

Police brutality
, 105–106, 111

Primary classrooms, bridging home and school in
, 239–240

Professional development (PD)
, 171

Professional learning
, 44

as apprenticeship, sustained support, and GRR
, 42–44

GRR in
, 99–100

Professional learning communities (PLCs)
, 45, 95, 100

Professional staff development (PSD)
, 139

GRR potential for teachers
, 139–140

socio-constructivist
, 141–142

Public–private axis
, 71

Quality teaching
, 92

Questioning
, 109

RAND Reading Study Group
, 13, 55–56

Read-aloud activity
, 126–127, 235

Reading
, 249

of complex academic materials
, 39–40

logs
, 163

process analysis
, 43

Reading Apprenticeship
, 46

approach
, 41–42

in classroom
, 45

professional learning inquiry routines
, 43

vulnerability and reward
, 49

Reading comprehension
, 219

for DHH students
, 157–161

instruction
, 140

pedagogy
, 4

strategies
, 146

Reciprocal modeling
, 44, 47–48

Reciprocal teaching
, 5, 9

Reconceptualizing
, 172

Recursive writing model
, 208

cumulative nature of writing
, 206

reacting and revising
, 212–213

share writing
, 211–212

studies
, 208–210

writing practices
, 207, 210–211

Reflection
, 176

reflective framework
, 175–176

tool
, 44

Release of responsibility
, 26

for text-driven inquiry
, 40

Representation
, 122–123, 130–132

Responsibility
, 180

gradient of
, 207

release of
, 26, 40

shared
, 173

teacher and student
, 17

variable
, 173

Revoicing
, 172, 180

Scaffolding
, 24–25, 192, 207–208, 249, 252, 255

functions
, 26–28

in GRR model
, 9–13

scaffolded instructional support for strategic processing
, 57–59

scaffolded self-editing approach
, 162–163

support structures for
, 26

School-wide communities of practice
, 69, 71–72, 77–78

Science language
, 191–192

implications for practice
, 201–202

incorporating language into science inquiry, discourse, and writing
, 197–201

partnering with Ann to explore language in science classroom
, 193–197

theory and assessment of
, 192

vocabulary research
, 192–193

Secondary level literacy coaching
, 172

Self-regulated strategy development (SRSD)
, 161–162, 207, 213

Sentence stems
, 44

Seven Level approach (see also Student achievement improvement in seven-level schools)
, 70–72, 74, 89

Social justice
, 231, 234–235

literature circles
, 237–238

Social Justice Literacy Workshop (SJLW)
, 106

GRR
, 107

GRR model connected to justice
, 108–109

GRR justice-centered teaching
, 107–108, 111–113

police brutality
, 105–106

summer SJLW (2016)
, 109–111

Tiffany reflecting
, 113–115

Social Mind, The (Gee)
, 249

Social–individual axis
, 71

Socio-constructivist PSD and GRR
, 141–142

Sociocultural thinking
, 250

Spanish–English cognates
, 142, 143, 144, 150

Student

learning, impact on
, 80–81

literacy learning
, 69

ownership
, 78–80, 89

student-centered learning
, 49

Student achievement improvement in seven-level schools
, 81

elementary language assessment in urban district
, 83–84

elementary reading in suburban school
, 81–82

K-8 reading in urban school
, 82

staircase in high school
, 84–86

Sustainability
, 174, 183

of improvement effort
, 70

Symbolic representation
, 58

Tasks

with scope
, 28–30

systems
, 29

window into interactions within
, 30–31

Teacher agency
, 174

and independence
, 182–183

Teachers
, 172, 256

cognate instruction potential
, 142–143

as creators
, 77–78

employment of linguistically responsive instruction
, 142

GRR process
, 143–146

GRR to teacher reflection
, 16–18

interpretations of children’s responses
, 30

learning process
, 54

ownership
, 76–78, 89

teacher-generated think-alouds
, 219–220

Text-based inquiry

as mode of learning for students and teachers
, 41–42

sustained support for teaching through
, 44–45

Theory

of instruction
, 27

of learning
, 27

Think-alone process
, 220, 225

Think-along process
, 220

Think-alouds
, 219–220

approach to assessment and instruction
, 160–161

in GRR model
, 220–221

for “I Do” phase
, 221–222

for “We Do” phase
, 222–225

Three Pillars
, 73, 79, 85

importance
, 74–75

progress of schools successful in establishing
, 75

progress of schools unsuccessful in establishing
, 76

Transactional strategies instruction
, 9

Translanguaging theory
, 139, 142

Video reflection
, 172

Visual model of GRR model
, 5–8

Vocabulary

assessment
, 194–197

learning theory
, 192

research
, 192–193

Voices in the Park (Browne)
, 236

Voices on the Bus (Kuby)
, 236

Vygotskian sociocultural theory
, 124

Vygotsky space
, 70–72, 75, 250–251

“We Do” phase, think-alouds for
, 222–225

“We Do” practice
, 235–238

Writing
, 211

assignments
, 163

development
, 206

practices
, 207, 210–211

proficiency
, 206

skilled
, 207

skills development for DHH students
, 161–163

“You Do” practice
, 238–240

Prelims
Chapter 1: In the Beginning: The Historical and Conceptual Genesis of the Gradual Release of Responsibility
Chapter 2: We Must Know What They Know (And So Must They) For Children to Sustain Learning and Independence
Chapter 3: Releasing Responsibility for What? Developing Learning Environments for Text-Based Inquiry in the Disciplines in Secondary Schools
Chapter 4: The Ebb And Flow of Scaffolding: Thinking Flexibly About the Gradual Release of Responsibility During Explicit Strategy Instruction
Chapter 5: Sustainable School Improvement: The Gradual Release of Responsibility in School Change
Chapter 6: Leading Learning Through a Gradual Release of Responsibility Instructional Framework
Chapter 7: Gradually Releasing Responsibility in Justice-Centered Teaching: Educators Reflecting on a Social Justice Literacy Workshop on Police Brutality
Chapter 8: Gradual Release in the Early Literacy Classroom: Taking Languaging into Account with Emergent Bilingual Students
Chapter 9: Employing the Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework to Improve the Literacy Instruction of Emergent Bilingual Students in the Elementary Grades
Chapter 10: Scaffolding Development of Self-Regulated and Strategic Literacy Skills in Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Students: A Review of the Literature Through the Lens of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
Chapter 11: Literacy Coaching for Agentive and Sustainable Teacher Reflection: Joint Action within a Gradual Release of Responsibility as Apprenticeship
Chapter 12: “See, You Can Make Connections with the Things You Learned Before!” Using the GRR to Scaffold Language and Concept Learning in Science
Chapter 13: Passing the Pen: A Gradual Release Model of the Recursive Writing Process
Chapter 14: Think Aloud, Think Along, Think Alone: Gradually Releasing Students to Use Comprehension Strategies in Elementary Classrooms
Chapter 15: Sustaining Culture, Expanding Literacies: Culturally Relevant Literacy Pedagogy and Gradual Release of Responsibility
Chapter 16: Epilogue: Reflections on the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Index