This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Rooted in behavioral theory, particularly the radical or selectivist behaviorism of B.F. Skinner (1953, 1954, 1966, 1968, 1974), the direct ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents the results of two studies of the long-term effects of the Direct Instruction Follow Through Model. The first examines the ...

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 ...

Direct Instruction works. And I’d never send my own child to a school that uses it. That may seem like a paradox. But the picture becomes much clearer once you have a sense of what Direct Instruction ...

With only 36% of Lehighton’s third graders reading at or above benchmark last year, district leaders are rolling out a new professional development program they hope will transform classroom ...

A study about improving rural students’ reading skills published earlier this year has prompted a series of four responses both criticizing and supporting its findings. Three of the four responses ...