Nurturing Independent Learners: Helping Students Take Charge of Their Learning Book

	Prologue
Ch. 1	The Nature of the Educational Challenge	1
Ch. 2	Toward an Understanding of Individual Differences in the Classroom: An Expertise Perspective	9
Ch. 3	Application of the Expertise Model in the Classroom: The Characteristics of Budding Experts	25
Ch. 4	How Did The Gap Between Those Who Thrive and Those Who Falter Get So Large?	36
Ch. 5	Toward A Three-Dimensional Theory of Mastery: A Tool For Nurturing Independent Learners	64
Ch. 6	Creating Classroom Programs that Support Student Mastery: Learning Settings that Provide Appropriate Tasks and Roles for Students and Teachers	92
Ch. 7	Planning and Implementing Acquisition Settings	114
Ch. 8	Creating Learning Settings with Student Consolidation Roles: Scaffolding Student Practice	136
Ch. 9	Planning and Implementing Consultation Settings	159
Ch. 10	Creating Authentic Settings: Fostering Task Planning and the Application of Skills	192
Ch. 11	Applying the Three-Dimensional Model of Mastery to Analyze Selected Educational Programs	227
Ch. 12	Lessons From Expert Teachers: Putting It All Together	261
	References	267
	Index	279
	About the Authors	289