Pedagogical Approaches
Direct Instruction
Also Known As Explicit Teaching
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The pedagogical approach that teaches a skill set explicitly through lecture and demonstration in a structured, often scripted sequence, moving from a teacher-led model of the skill through guided practice to independent student practice.
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Central QuestionCan carefully sequenced, explicit teaching with a systematic curriculum reliably teach a skill to any student, rather than leaving mastery to the student's own discovery? 1 Most Effective ForFoundational academic skills such as reading and mathematics, particularly for students with learning disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds; the Project Follow Through research found direct instruction the only approach tested with significantly positive impacts across every outcome measured. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Programs built on the Direct Instruction model use scripted, systematic phonics instruction, the position associated with the phonics side of the Reading Wars dispute.
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1. Wikipedia
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the explicit teaching of a skill set using lectures or demonstrations of the material to students
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all students can learn and all teachers successfully teach if given effective training in specific techniques
1. Wikipedia
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was the only intervention that had significantly positive impacts on all outcomes
1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Reading Wars, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_instruction, Success for All sectionQuote, Associated With: Reading Wars, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_instruction, Success for All section
Success for All program, which uses scripted teaching to instruct elementary children in phonics and intensive reading in their instruction program.
Structural Learning, Pedagogy Explained
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direct instruction means explicit teaching, modelling and practise
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