Direct Instruction
Direct Instruction
Direct instruction puts the teacher firmly in the central role. The teacher demonstrates, guides practice, checks understanding, and assigns extended practice. It is the method of choice for declarative and procedural knowledge.
Quick review of the five-phase discussion syntax with end vs debrief, plus two review questions and a note on young children
Direct instruction as teacher-controlled, the difference from lecture, theoretical support, and subject examples from math through art
The structured planning sequence: objectives, demonstrate, guided practice, check understanding, extended practice
Guided, distributed, massed, and independent practice and how they combine across a unit
Practice past mastery to automation, why it matters, and the multiplication tables debate between memorization and conceptual understanding
Modeling, demonstrating, practice management, classroom environment, pace and momentum
Paper-pencil for declarative and procedural knowledge, observation for physical and motor skills
The limits of teacher-centered methods, Rosenshine’s research on what direct instruction does best, and when to choose it
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