<P> While similar models have been identified and represented throughout the study and development of teaching and learning as a construct , it was Pearson & Gallagher ( 1983 ) who coined the phrase `` gradual release of responsibility '' to describe this dynamic in the classroom . Basing their model on the ideas of the Russian educational theorist Lev Vygotsky , Pearson and Gallagher envisioned instruction that moved from explicit modeling and instruction to guided practice and then to activities that incrementally positioned students into becoming independent learners . The teacher guides the students to a point of ' planned obsolescence ' on the part of the teacher `` ... where the student accepts total responsibility for the task , including the responsibility for determining whether or not she is applying the strategy appropriately ( i.e , self monitoring ) . '' </P>
<P> While similar models have been identified and represented throughout the study and development of teaching and learning as a construct , it was Pearson & Gallagher ( 1983 ) who coined the phrase `` gradual release of responsibility '' to describe this dynamic in the classroom . Basing their model on the ideas of the Russian educational theorist Lev Vygotsky , Pearson and Gallagher envisioned instruction that moved from explicit modeling and instruction to guided practice and then to activities that incrementally positioned students into becoming independent learners . The teacher guides the students to a point of ' planned obsolescence ' on the part of the teacher `` ... where the student accepts total responsibility for the task , including the responsibility for determining whether or not she is applying the strategy appropriately ( i.e , self monitoring ) . '' </P>
who came up with the gradual release of responsibility model
who came up with the gradual release of responsibility model
Pearson & Gallagher
Pearson & Gallagher