Category: Direct instruction

When implemented fully, Direct Instruction (DI) is unparalleled in its ability to improve student performance and enhance students’ self-esteem.

September 1, 1999 At-risk students often begin school academically behind. But the highly structured setting of the Direct Instruction approach can help these children catch up.

This post originally appeared in Flypaper. Last updated February 8, 2018 Did you hear the one about a curriculum with fifty years of research that actually demonstrates its effectiveness? There’s a new meta-analysis in the peer-reviewed journal the Review of Educational Research that looks at over five hundred articles, dissertations, and research studies and documents a half-century of “strong positive…
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