Direct Teaching Disadvantages

In regards to children’s education, teachers play an important role. Since the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law in 2002, many people have been concern about children’s learning and academic achievement, especially parents and educators. In fact, teachers are always trapped in “teaching dilemmas” because each teaching method has different levels of pros and cons for students. Wiggins and McTighe (2005) suggested that for all of the choices that teachers have during a day of instruction, many fit into the category of a “dilemma” where there is no easy or perfect solution to pick. It only a series of difficult options with tradeoffs associated with each. Additionally, each instructional choice has advantages and disadvantages that …show more content…
By analyzing the data, the study showed that even though 14 percent of the comparison produced a negative effect of direct instruction, 53 percent of the measures significantly favor direct instruction with an average magnitude of effect of .84 standard deviation units (White, 1988). The result of the study indicated that direct instruction is equally effective for both moderately or severely handicapped learners (White, 1988). White’s study concluded that direct instruction teaching contributed benefits and effectiveness for students with disabilities in academic …show more content…
Teachers in this program integrated creative drama with ELL learners in English Language Arts classroom. Brouillette interviewed 24 teachers who participated in this study and got feedbacks from them. Through teachers’ description of the impact of drama-based lessons, Brouillette (2012) concluded that integrating creative drama lessons significantly motivated ELL learners because it provided them opportunities to engage in interaction with teachers and peers. Overall, Campano and Medina (2006) and Brouillette (2012)’s studies provide evidences to prove integrating drama in English Language Arts class effectively support ELL leaners in learning