Direct Instruction

When it comes to learning, the styles and capabilities are unique to each student just the same way that fingerprints are to each person. In a classroom, not every student learns a topic in the same manner or is of the same level in terms of their ability. That being the case, students with learning disabilities will require more effort to learn a topic as opposed to those with high abilities. To ensure that those with learning disabilities gain the required knowledge from what they are being…

generation of faith leaders. A Catholic school must aspire to excellence and rigor in all subject areas. This includes instruction in religious education and catechesis. Additionally, faith formation is not limited to information in a textbook or…

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 7(2), 117-139. Ligas explores the effects of their 5 year study of 1st to 5th grade at- risk students using Direct Instruction. The study participants were from Florida’s Broward County, Alliance elementary and middle school. The purpose of the study was to access if the use of the Direct Instruction (part of The Alliance of Quality Project) in the classroom would produce increased grades in the student’s reading scores. The study’s design was…

When is differentiated instruction implemented for Reading? Gibson (2010) advocates that differentiated instruction is executed during the assigned of time for reading instruction. Normally, whole group instruction is given, and after that classrooms and instructions are organised through Reading Centers. Reading Centers are designated area in the classroom for students to work in small groups, pairs, or independently. Students rehearse, illustrate, and expand adapting autonomously at…

Jennifer Allard (2003), a high school calculus teacher from Fairfax County, Virginia, wanted to determine “Will direct instruction in cooperative learning and meaningful group work result in an increase in students’ desire to be part of trusting collaborative groups?” Allard (2003) had a former group four girls in AP calculus that studied together and became a bonded group inside and outside of the classroom. She noticed that the girls’ achievement in the course was increasing. The girls…

property in their website and by modeling best practice for students. This will be reflected in their own artifacts and the student-created artifacts that are incorporated into their e-portfolio. Teachers will integrate their website into their instruction with digital learning activities, presentations, class-notes and other useful resources, this will be assessed during classroom walk-throughs and…

and deputies. It was not the first nor definitive edition, with 140 versions produced between 1560 and 1644. This attests to the text’s popularity amidst a fraught political and religious situation in the early modern period. Its publication has direct ties to Protestantism, particularly due to its creation by protestant Marian exiles. The text was published in England only following Archbishop Parker’s 1575 death, and then was an object of contestation for King James I during his reign. This…

the school districts in 2007. Read Well is a research based reading program that involves explicit and systematic instruction that focuses on decoding, practicing of the skills, and scaffolding of new skills. Read Well lesson can be…

Observation: The class being observed is taught by an experienced teacher. The class is an AP US History class with some of the brightest students in the school in attendance. College Board, not NCDPI, controls the curriculum in this class. The teacher is covering American Manifest Destiny and the rise of Progressivism at the turn of the 20th century. The content in the class is aligned to the standards and objectives established by College Board. The entire lesson revolves around key…

Strategy instruction occurred 25% of the instructional time, in the 3,000 minutes observed during direct instruction. The observations focused on teachers’ instructional choices and how often explicit reading comprehension instruction occurred in the classrooms. Since Durkin’s (1978-1979) findings, reading comprehension instruction has increased. According to Durkin, 1% of instructional time occurred during reading instruction, whereas, Ness (2011) found 25% of the…