/direct-instruction Direct Instruction en-US 2021 (c) °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:40:34 GMT /teaching-learning/one-fourth-of-k-12-math-instruction-occurs-digitally-survey-suggests/2019/03 Print is still popular, and math teachers still want time for direct instruction and group work, according to market-intelligence firm Simba Information. Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:40:34 GMT /teaching-learning/one-fourth-of-k-12-math-instruction-occurs-digitally-survey-suggests/2019/03 /teaching-learning/opinion-why-does-teacher-talk-still-dominate-high-school-classrooms/2017/05 Teacher talk still dominates high school classrooms, but it doesn't have to, and here are a few reasons why. Wed, 17 May 2017 11:00:24 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-why-does-teacher-talk-still-dominate-high-school-classrooms/2017/05 /leadership/study-struggling-math-students-need-direct-instruction-not-fun-activities/2014/06 Music, movement, and manipulatives, while fun, may hinder 1st graders struggling in math, study suggests. Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:24:08 GMT /leadership/study-struggling-math-students-need-direct-instruction-not-fun-activities/2014/06 /leadership/is-direct-instruction-a-school-equity-issue/2014/06 An education professor writes that direct instruction presents a quandary for educators. On the one hand, he says, it can to help students' acquire basic skills and do better on standardized tests. On the other, it embodies a highly restrictive view of learning. Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:27:48 GMT /leadership/is-direct-instruction-a-school-equity-issue/2014/06 /teaching-learning/opinion-karl-wheatley-has-direct-instruction-banished-exploration-not-so-fast/2012/04 Guest post by Karl WheatleyA recent guest post here by John Thompson, Neither Teacher-less nor Teacher-proof: Constructivism Meets Guided Instruction, led to a lively discussion in the comments. I asked one reader to expand on his thoughts, and this post is the result. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:57:39 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-karl-wheatley-has-direct-instruction-banished-exploration-not-so-fast/2012/04 /education/researchers-disagree-on-improving-reading-in-rural-areas/2011/12 Researchers debate the Direct Instruction model in teaching reading to rural students, in a series of Journal of Research in Rural Education articles. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:27:26 GMT /education/researchers-disagree-on-improving-reading-in-rural-areas/2011/12 /teaching-learning/does-lecturing-work-better-after-all/2011/04 This is bound to spark some interest. Harvard scholar Paul E. Peterson points to new research finding that 8th graders who received more direct instruction scored higher on an international math and science test than those whose teachers' predominantly engaged them in problem-solving activities. He notes that this is the direction that KIPP and other charter schools have already been moving, but that—sadly, in his view—most middle school instruction in the U.S., influenced by the "child-centered" theories of John Dewey and his progressive-education followers, "is weighted more towards problem-solving." Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:11:27 GMT /teaching-learning/does-lecturing-work-better-after-all/2011/04 /education/mcwhorter-makes-case-for-direct-instruction/2009/01 Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow John McWhorter offers a scathing critique in this New Republic article of New York City's approach to bridging the reading gap between black and white children. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:34:03 GMT /education/mcwhorter-makes-case-for-direct-instruction/2009/01 /policy-politics/nclb-could-alter-science-teaching/2004/11 Soon, schools across the country could face a new, powerful incentive to consider new mode of science instruction, some observers say. Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:28:16 GMT /policy-politics/nclb-could-alter-science-teaching/2004/11 /teaching-learning/opinion-the-presidents-reading-lesson/2004/09 English professor Dennis Baron draws unhappy parallels between George W. Bush's actions on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 and the "direct instruction" occurring in the classroom the president was visiting. Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:40:38 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-the-presidents-reading-lesson/2004/09 /education/opinion-direct-instruction-tale-draws-mixed-reviews/2004/09 To the Editor:I was disappointed to read the recent Commentary by Dennis Baron ("The President's Reading Lesson," Sept. 8, 2004). Mr. Baron may or may not know something about reading instruction, but he knows nothing about what the president should do in a situation such as the one President Bush found himself and the nation in on Sept. 11, 2001. Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:20:03 GMT /education/opinion-direct-instruction-tale-draws-mixed-reviews/2004/09 /leadership/study-challenges-direct-reading-method/2004/01 A study on reading instruction in two Wisconsin districts suggests that a widely used skills-based program may not be effective in raising the achievement of children in urban schools. Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:00:00 GMT /leadership/study-challenges-direct-reading-method/2004/01 /teaching-learning/a-delicate-balance/2002/05 The Montessori and Direct Instruction teaching methods can seem worlds apart. But in Texas' Aldine district, parents can pick between them—at the same schools. Wed, 08 May 2002 14:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/a-delicate-balance/2002/05 /teaching-learning/studies-cite-learning-gains-in-direct-instruction-schools/2002/04 Schools using Direct Instruction, a teaching method sometimes criticized for its tightly scripted teaching lessons, are generally seeing gains in student learning, according to a new package of studies that tracked the program in Florida, Maryland, and Texas. Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/studies-cite-learning-gains-in-direct-instruction-schools/2002/04 /leadership/a-direct-challenge/1999/03 Many experts don't like the rigid structure of the Direct Instruction reform model, but a sizable body of research says it can raise achievement. Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:00:00 GMT /leadership/a-direct-challenge/1999/03 /teaching-learning/studies-cast-doubt-on-benefits-of-using-only-whole-language-to-teach-reading/1992/01 Three newly published studies cast doubt on the effectiveness of whole language as a method for teaching reading and suggest that direct instruction in phonics can be effective. Wed, 08 Jan 1992 15:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/studies-cast-doubt-on-benefits-of-using-only-whole-language-to-teach-reading/1992/01