Direct Instruction

To gain a deeper understanding of direct instruction (DI) programs and its strategies, techniques, and instructional best- practice, it is important to build a solid background that supports this method of instruction. This study shall look at three factors that are vital to its validity and success. The three factors are as follows: (a) How do first-grade students perform on standardized testing when the core curriculum is replaced with a direct instruction program? (b) How does the use of a…

My career as a teacher started when I was accepted as an inter teacher for Breakthrough Collaborative, Sacramento the summer of 2013. The first two weeks of the program were an intensive training program that taught me many of the tools I use today inside my classroom. During these two weeks, each department also worked closely with our department head who showed us our curriculum. Since all of us were either still in high school or part way through college, we were lucky to receive daily lesson…

rereading it. Additionally, the article recommends that material should be presented over multiple sessions instead of all at once, as this leads to higher test scores and better overall retention. Finally, the theories of blocked and interleaving instruction were examined. According to the article, studies show that interleaving (mixing practice on several related skills together) can enhance…

students with language processing weaknesses it is vital to improve background knowledge and use of language. Direct…

been a part of an experience when learning what this term means; therefore, this term does not have meaning to you. Across the country, educators tend to do what they have experienced or are familiar with. Growing up, classroom instruction was teacher-led direct instruction where the teacher was the source of information that was poured out the students. Because this is what most are familiar with, this tends to be the way teachers deliver information to the students of today’s society. The…

Rupley, provides a framework of instructional strategies that includes providing explicit instruction, modeling reading strategies for students as well as, and guided practice. Additionally, Rupley address the need to integrate instruction to include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension exercises. Part of the direct, explicit framework requires the teacher to implement the following consistently: Review and check previous work. Present…

modify instruction. List your current developmental level of your chosen CSTP. For Standard 1: Integrating For Standard 5: Applying Where am I now? Currently, I am more than halfway through the semester with my social science students. Recently I have made a few changes with…

female teacher. The consent forms of this experiment were signed by the 40 third grade students’ parents or guardians. Two classroom setting existed: The first group of students received direct-instruction teaching on Day 1’s English Language Art lesson and the second group students received arts-based instruction (integrating drama) or drama-based teaching on Day 2’s English Language Art lesson. The participants in the first group consisted of 10 boys and 10 girls, including 5 students are ELL…

have smiled and said I want to be a teacher. Every time I told someone that I wanted to be a teacher, I never recognized what being a teacher meant or entailed. In high school, I believed that being a teacher meant helping students learn through instruction. Little did I know, that teachers had to attend a credentialing program, pass several assessments,…

But, every student learns differently so, one way a teacher can adjust their lesson plans to meet a student’s needs that has a disability is to give more specific and direct instructions within a developed frame work. An example might be; Alice is struggling in her history class which she thought she would love. While she is preparing for her history test she is having trouble reading and comprehending the reading material.…