The Gradual Release Model is one of the most important steps
to teaching. This is a scaffolding technique that the teacher performs in order
for her students to learn how to do something on their own with no assistance
or modeling from the teacher. First
thing to do when doing the Gradual Release Model is to explicitly teach. “I do
it, we do it, and you do it,” is the basis of this model. First the teacher
does it to show the students, then the teacher and the students do it together,
and finally the students will be able to do it on their own with no help. Jeff
Wilhem added “Y’all do it to the model placed before the “you do it” so that
students can do it together before they do it by themselves. The Gradual
Release Model is very effective with ESOL students as well as teaching
mainstream students because each student needs to be explicitly taught
something to learn something new. When teaching ESOL students, it is important
to go over the new technique one-on-one because students can benefit better when
they are learning alone rather than working as a whole in a classroom. As for
testing ESOL students, it is important to consider current issues and know
techniques for teaching, scaffolding, and testing. (ESOL 19)
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