The underlying goal of all instruction is to move children from total dependency on teachers and parents to self-sufficiency. But that\u2019s often a giant leap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Gra<\/a>dual Release Model<\/a> is a graphical representation of how that process takes place. It’s based on the pioneering work of Piaget (cognitive structures, 1952), Bandura (attention\/retention, 1965), Vygotsky (ZPD, 1978), and Wood, Bruner, Ross (scaffolding, 1976). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u201cgradual\u201d part may take a day, a week, a few months, or even years \u2026 but the objective is to constantly move the child from dependency towards mastery. This graph is a great way to remind your teachers of that ultimate goal.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The underlying goal of all instruction is to move children from total dependency on teachers and parents to self-sufficiency. But that\u2019s often a giant leap! This Gradual Release Model is a graphical representation of how that process takes place. It’s based on the pioneering work of Piaget (cognitive structures, 1952), Bandura (attention\/retention, 1965), Vygotsky (ZPD, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-729","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}