Direct Instruction
Resources
Interview With Zig Engelmann. Origins of DI, Major
Principles, What it Takes to Make it Succeed
"Direct Instruction" (Description of Direct Instruction and List of Schools Using
Direct Instruction. From "Six Promising Schoolwide Reform Programs," Published by American
Federation of Teachers.
At
http://www.aft.org/edissues/whatworks/six/di/index.htm)
"Direct Instruction is Developmentally
Appropriate" Paper Showing That Every Feature of Direct
Instruction is Consistent With Recent Statements on Developmentally Appropriate
Practices)
Brains
are fun. Rory Donaldson's excellent site, loaded with wisdom and teaching
methods.
"Phonemic awareness in Reading
Mastery, by Siegfried Engelmann.
Syllabus for a DI Reading Course
Articles by Barak Rosenshine, Author of THE Lit Reviews on Effective
Instruction
Inventory of DI Principles and Methods
(General and Applied to Literacy)
"Teachers' Perception
of Direct Instruction Teaching" (A
survey of 80 Teachers.)
"Direct
Instruction" (Direct Instruction Receives Highest Ratings in a
Comparative Evaluation of 24 Approaches to Schoolwide
Reform, Compiled by the American Institutes for Research.)
Materials To Use For
Presentations, Handouts or Transparencies on DI
"Research Base for Reading
Mastery"(A Six-Year/Level
Curriculum That Integrates Decoding and Comprehension. Student Materials
Include Literature and Science. Review By Bonnie Grossen.)
Research Base for Corrective Reading
(Corrective Reading has two programs: Decoding [Four Levels] and
Comprehension [Four Levels]. Most Levels Are 65 Lessons. Corrective
Reading is Arguably the Most Well-designed
Curriculum There Is. [Not Hyperbole.]. It Works Quickly and
Reliably. The Comprehension Programs Teach Unbelievably Sophisticated
Cognitive Skills. Download the Placement Tests at
Synthesis of Research on Reading (Bonnie Grossen)
Northern
Illinois-Rockford Early Reading Project (Excellent Research Reports, Protocols and Guidelines for Teaching
Reading)
National
Institute for Direct Instruction
Michael Maloney's Teach Your Children Well
Kerry Hempenstall's
Execllent Website.
Research Syntheses and Curricular Implications for Various Subjects
National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators
Phyllis Haddox's
Web Site (Training and Implementation
Resources, Reading Resources, Important Links.)
Educational Achievement Systems
(Research Reviews, Training, Assessment Instruments and Advice on DI and
Effective Instruction Generally from Gary Adams and B. Keith Lenz.)
Project Follow Through (Articles
in
J.P.
Associates (Data on DI effectiveness. Excellent
training materials.)
Recent Research Reviews on Various Subjects
Association for Direct Instruction (Program Evaluation
Studies)
Association
for Direct Instruction (An Organization)
Jeff Lindsay on Direct Instruction
Ben Bronz Academy (A model of excellence, combining Precision
Teaching and Direct Instruction)
Advantage
Schools (Charter schools Using Direct Instruction)
Morningside Academy (A Model of Excellence.)
Baltimore
Curriculum Project (Schools That Combine Direct Instruction and Core
Knowledge [E.D. Hirsch, Jr.] Curricula. See The
Following Link.)
Sopris West
(Publisher of Excellent Materials for Acquisition and Fluency-building in
Reading, Writing,
Math,
and Science)
John Lloyd (Data on Project Follow
Through. And see his web site.)
"Direct Instruction in Education" (Recent Paper by
Kozloff, LaNunziata, & Cowardin)
Publisher of Direct Instruction Materials
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