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== Holistic Decoding==
In developing strategies for modeling, providing practice and feedback, and assessing student progress in reference to these four bottlenecks, I deviated from the common practice of using Decoding as an intervention in an existing course in order to help more students get past specific obstacles before returning to the course as it was previously constituted -- a process I have characterized as "Focused Decoding." Instead, in the course under consideration I made the overcoming of these bottlenecks a central focus of the course itself, privileging [[Step 3 - Modeling Mental Operations|modeling]], [[Step 4: Give Students Practice and Feedback|practice]], [[Step 6 - Assess Student Mastery|assessment]] over sharing content and disciplinary concepts. I also treated modeling, practice, and assessment, not as steps in a sequential process, but rather as functions several of which could be actualized in a single activity.  Thus, a particular online assignment, an in-class team exercise, or a background lecture might be designed so that they fulfilled one, two, or even all three of these functions.  

The goal of this approach, which I have called "Holistic Decoding," is to embed the students in a learning environment in which call of the elements work together to reinforce what students need to learn to do to get past the bottlenecks listed above.