Direct Instruction is a highly scripted teaching method that provides constant interaction between students and teachers at a fast pace. The goal of Direct Instruction is to close educational gaps for at-risk students. It aims to accomplish this through accelerating learning using a curriculum that is engineered for learning success and efficiency. An Direct Instruction lesson includes objectives, standards, an anticipatory set, teaching input, modeling, checking for understanding, guided practice, closure, and independent practice.

1. Direct Instruction Carliss P. Eaton IDE 650 Monday, July 14, 2008

2. What Is Direct Instruction? Direct Instruction refers to a rigorously developed, highly scripted method for teaching that is fast-paced and provides constant interaction between students and teachers.

3. What Is The Goal Of Direct Instruction? The goal of direct instruction is to close the educational gaps faced by at-risk students.

4. How is Direct Instruction Designed to Accomplish This Goal? The DI model is designed to accomplish this goal by accelerating learning, by providing a curriculum that is highly engineered for learning success and efficiency.

5. An Outline Of Direct Instruction: Objectives Standards Anticipatory Set Teaching input modeling checking for understanding

6. Guided practice Closure Independent practice

7. Objectives: Before the lesson is prepared, the teacher should have a clear idea of what the teaching objectives are. What, specifically, should the students be able to do, understand, care about as a result of the teaching.

8. Standards: The teacher needs to know what standards of performance are to be expected and when pupils will be held accountable for what is expected.

9. Anticipatory Set This is also called the set induction or “hook”. The anticipatory set is used to grab the attention of the students.

10. Teaching Input: The teacher provides the information needed for students to gain the knowledge or skill through lecture, film, video, or power point presentation.

11. Modeling: Once material has been presented, the teacher uses it to show students examples of what is expected as an end product of their work.

12. Checking for Understanding: Determination of whether students have “got it” before proceeding.

13. Guided Practice: An opportunity for each student to demonstrate grasp of new learning by working through an activity or exercise under the teacher’s direct supervision.

14. Closure: Those actions or statements by a teacher that are designed to bring a lesson presentation to an appropriate close.

15. Independent Practice: Once pupils have mastered a skill, it is time to provide for reinforcement practice. It is provided on a repeating schedule so that learning is not forgotten. It may be homework, group, or individual work in class.

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