Teach For Independent, Self-directed Learners

I enjoyed this chapter. I feel it is very important to give students the skills, the guidance, the demonstrations so that can learn to do tasks on their own. Once we give them the skills and the confidence they can develop and enhance their skills on their own. Regie said that the students must need and what to learn, have background knowledge, admire and trust the teacher, should be shown how to do it, learn enough strategies, and apply learning to new contexts. Boy, I wish that Regie could have visited my classroom when I was a student. I remember having to read the directions and then be expected to know how to do an assignement. There was not a whole lot of demonstration and strategy for students when I was in school. If I woud have seen more demonstrations and learned strategies I probably would have had an easier time learning new skills.