Direct Instruction

By: Cindy Davis & Dakota Smith

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Effectiveness of Direct Instruction / Pros and Cons for this method

•Direct Instruction Agenda

What is Direct Instruction?

Compare and contrast Direct Instruction with Constructivism

Interviews with teachers / How effective Direct Instruction is in their classroom.

Dakota

Cindy

Dakota

Cindy

• Direct instruction?• I SEE, WE SEE, YOU SEE-I SAY, WE SAY, YOU SAY• Visual aids?• Video tapes/clips• Pictures• Photos• Power point• Black/white boards• books

And what do we use to teach it?

•What is Direct Instruction?

I say We

Say

You Say

What Should Education Look Like???

Central role is assigned to the teacher.

Classroom management is key.Effective when specific content and

skills are primary goals.Specific set of operations and

procedures.Provide multiple opportunities for

feedback and practice.Model is arranged with decreasing

teacher control.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION

Direct Instruction vs. Constructivism

CONSTRUCTIVISM

Learners construct their own knowledge.

Learning enhanced through social interaction.

Learning focuses on explanations and answers.

Teacher needs to be aware of when to intervene.

Verbalization and sharing of ideas.

Does not belong in special education More work involved Creates difficulty when meeting

standards are concerned

Constructivist TeachingBenefits

Limitations

Lends itself to higher order thinkingProvides student responsibilityProvides developmental learning

Can get dry if effort isn’t placed on presenting instruction

Provides inappropriate use of methods Limits students ability to use critical

thinking skills

Direct InstructionBenefits

Limitations

Invaluable in special education instructions Allows you to group students by ability Allows complex knowledge to be

communicated

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• disadvantages of direct instruction • It is based on old learning theories: simple tasks before complex ones,

only measurable learning is worthwhile.• Students do not have a sense of the overall purpose of the simple steps. • Teachers cannot assess what the students’ prior knowledge is • Retention of how to solve the problems is low, • Direct instruction as an instructional method works for only a small

percentage of students, not for a great variety.

• advantages of direct instruction • The teacher has control of the timing of the lesson.• Students are physically easy to monitor.• The teacher has control over what will be learned, and who will learn. • The curriculum can be covered, so the teacher can say that s/he

taught the material. • Any information for which there is one right answer, can be taught

efficiently and honestly by using direct instruction.

•Pros And ConsWhy you should or shouldn’t use direct instruction.

High Vs. Low Social Economic Income

• How the Teachers teach is important!

• Two different schools

• Two different styles of learning

• Two different social economic incomes.

How Direct Instruction Compares with alternate teaching methods in different countries and with different languages.

Research indicates that Direct instruction works better even in other countries for teaching young children, children with disabilities, or children that are learning to speak more then one language.

other countries

• INSTRUCTORS ARE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNIQUE EFFICIENTLY TO STUDENTS AS A COMBINATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN LANGUAGE SKILLS CAN IMPROVE CONVERSATIONAL GRAMMAR.

PRE- AND POSTTEST COMPARISONS BETWEEN GROUPS SHOWED THAT THE DIRECT INSTRUCTION GROUP MADE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER GAINS THAN THE TRADITIONAL GROUP ON PHONOLOGICAL/ORTHOGRAPHIC MEASURES.

Other Languages

Second Grade

Shirley Carlton

Third Grade Sandy Woods

Kindergarten

ThroughThird Grade

Kindergarten Elaine Heger Marty Clayton

First Grade Becky Woodbury

• Interviews with teachers at SCESCompare and contrast Direct Instruction with Cooperative

Learning Instruction that they personally use in their classroom

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