Direct Instruction

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This paper examines the direct instruction approach to teaching that requires interaction between the teacher and their students. The paper describes the history of the approach and its application within the classroom. It discusses why and in what ways this approach has proven to be successful. It also looks at the population groups that the approach benefits most.

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"Direct Instruction is distinguished among other approaches by its highly-scripted, teacher-directed methods that are not as flexible as the usual ones. Nevertheless, these methods work, and this is what is important. Although this opinion is shared by more than twenty researchers, there is an exception. Randall Ryder provided his own research that, according to his words, showed that the Direct Instruction is not always effective. Randall Ryder (2006), who is the Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Education, says that "Direct Instruction should be used only in certain, limited situations (p. 182). He also mentions that the lack of sensitivity of Direct Instruction towards the issues of race, poverty and religion, worsens the educational atmosphere (p.184)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dixon, Bob, comp. "Focus: What Was the Project Follow Through?" Effective School Practices. 1995. 10 June 2007. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adiep/ft/151toc.htm.
• Lindsay, Jeff. "What the Data Really Show: Direct Instruction Really Works!" 2004. 10 June 2007. http://www.jefflindsay.com/EducData.shtml
• Miller, James H. (March 2001). Direct Instruction and the Teaching of Early Reading. Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, vol. 14, No. 2.
• Ryder, Randall J., Burton, Jennifer L. & Silberg, Anna (2006). Longitudinal Study of Direct Instruction Effects From First Through Third Grade (179-191). Journal of Educational Research.

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