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Direct Instruction

Direct Instruction. PowerPoint by: David Lowe Jenafer Lowe Heather Gardner Katie Eves. What is Direct Instruction?. A teaching method which is an instructional approach to academic subjects that emphasizes the use of carefully sequenced steps that include. What is Direct Instruction?.

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Direct Instruction

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  1. Direct Instruction PowerPoint by: David Lowe Jenafer Lowe Heather Gardner Katie Eves

  2. What is Direct Instruction? A teaching method which is an instructional approach to academic subjects that emphasizes the use of carefully sequenced steps that include

  3. What is Direct Instruction? A teaching method which is an instructional approach to academic subjects that emphasizes the use of carefully sequenced steps that include demonstrating,

  4. What is Direct Instruction? A teaching method which is an instructional approach to academic subjects that emphasizes the use of carefully sequenced steps that include demonstrating, modeling,

  5. What is Direct Instruction? A teaching method which is an instructional approach to academic subjects that emphasizes the use of carefully sequenced steps that include demonstrating, modeling, guided practice

  6. What is Direct Instruction? A teaching method which is an instructional approach to academic subjects that emphasizes the use of carefully sequenced steps that include demonstrating, modeling, guided practiceandindependent application.

  7. Instructional Principle: When teachers explain exactly what students are expected to learn, and demonstrate the steps needed to accomplish a particular academic task, students learn more. 

  8. Instructional Principle: When teachers explain exactly what students are expected to learn, and demonstrate the steps needed to accomplish a particular academic task, students learn more.  • Direct instruction rejects (or at least sets aside) the assumption that students will spontaneously develop insights on their own. Rather, direct instruction takes learners through the steps of learning systematically, helping them see both the purpose and the result of each step.

  9. The basic components of Direct Instruction are: 1. Setting clear goals for students and making sure they understand these goals. • Presenting a sequence of well-organized assignments. • Giving students clear, concise explanations and illustrations of the subject matter. • Asking frequent questions to see if the students understand the work. • Giving students frequent opportunities to practice what they have learned.

  10. The basic components of Direct Instruction are: 1. Setting clear goals for students and making sure they understand these goals.

  11. The basic components of Direct Instruction are: 2. Presenting a sequence of well-organized assignments.

  12. The basic components of Direct Instruction are: 3. Giving students clear, concise explanations and illustrations of the subject matter.

  13. The basic components of Direct Instruction are: 4. Asking frequent questions to see if the students understand the work.

  14. The basic components of Direct Instruction are: 5. Giving students frequent opportunities to practice what they have learned.

  15. Direct Instruction • Video Example

  16. Pros • One of the most effective ways of teaching • Step by step instruction • Student participation • Guided • Independent

  17. Cons • No room for creativity • Rigid • Not applicable to each child • Possibility of disaster

  18. reference • Vockell (n.d.). Direct instruction. Retrieved February 2, 2010, from http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/Vockell/CAI/Cai3/cai3direct.htm • Teaching 1st grade spelling with direct instruction. (2009, May). Retrieved February 2, 2010, from http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/4910886 • direct instruct (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2010, from http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/wellness/images/directinstruct.gif • chart. (2007, June). Retrieved February 8, 2010, from http://neurons.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/chart.png

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