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Direct Instruction: Powerpoint By: David Lowe Jenafer Lowe Heather Gardner Katie Eves

Direct instruction is a teaching method that emphasizes carefully sequenced steps including demonstration, modeling, and guided practice. Teachers clearly explain learning goals, present organized lessons, provide explanations and illustrations of content, ask frequent questions to check understanding, and give students opportunities to practice. The approach rejects the assumption that students will learn on their own and instead systematically takes learners through each step of learning. Both pros and cons are discussed, with pros including effectiveness and guidance, and cons including lack of creativity and rigidity.

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Direct Instruction: Powerpoint By: David Lowe Jenafer Lowe Heather Gardner Katie Eves

Direct instruction is a teaching method that emphasizes carefully sequenced steps including demonstration, modeling, and guided practice. Teachers clearly explain learning goals, present organized lessons, provide explanations and illustrations of content, ask frequent questions to check understanding, and give students opportunities to practice. The approach rejects the assumption that students will learn on their own and instead systematically takes learners through each step of learning. Both pros and cons are discussed, with pros including effectiveness and guidance, and cons including lack of creativity and rigidity.

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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?
A teaching method which is an instructional
approach to academic subjects that
emphasizes the use of carefully sequenced
steps that include demonstrating,
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,
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
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 and independent application.
• 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. 

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

2. Presenting a sequence of well-organized assignments.

3. Giving students clear, concise explanations and illustrations of the


subject matter.

4. Asking frequent questions to see if the students understand the work.

5. Giving students frequent opportunities to practice what they have


learned.
The basic components of Direct Instruction are:

1. Setting clear goals


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

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

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

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

5. Giving students
frequent
opportunities to
practice what they
have learned.
Direct Instruction
 Video Example
Pros
 One of the most effective ways of teaching
 Step by step instruction
 Student participation
 Guided
 Independent
Cons
 No room for creativity
 Rigid
 Not applicable to each child
 Possibility of disaster
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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