Explores the necessary tools needed to provide students with the mental self-management essential for becoming independent, higher-level thinkers. Provides a blueprint for how to ensure professional development improves student learning.

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Laying the foundation for mediation that makes a difference -- The dynamics of changing complex behaviors -- The instructional plan for explicit mediation -- Task analysis : crafting explicit mediation -- Sample lesson plans for explicit mediation -- Looking under the hood : key reading strategies -- Looking under the hood : key writing strategies -- Looking under the hood : key problem-solving behaviors -- Setting the stage -- A bird's-eye view.