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Measurement of teacher attitude to direct instruction
… teacher attitude towards a teaching innovation, Direct Instruction. In particular, it is concerned with what aspects of this teaching strategy affect a teacher's decision to implement the method and the relationship between experience with Direct Instruction and teacher attitude. A repeated …
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Using Direct Instruction to Teach Self-Monitoring Strategies for Accuracy
Readers utilize three main cueing systems to comprehend text. If the graphophonic, semantic, and syntactic cueing systems are not working together, reading is not accurate and comprehension is sacrificed. An intervention was implemented with a second grade struggling reader to help him self-monitor …
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Efficacy of a Direct Instruction Approach to Promote Early Learning
This study examined the effectiveness of Direct Instruction (DI) as an enhancement to a Developmentally Appropriate Preschool (DAP) curriculum in the form of increased pre-academic, language, and early literacy competencies for high-risk preschool children. Sixty-one preschool children were …
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Children's engagement and affect in collaborative learning and direct instruction
… between classrooms employing either Direct Instruction or Collaborative Group work. A total of 96 four-minute video clips from 24 fifth-grade classrooms were coded, and student behavioral engagement, affect, and lesson participation type were examined from the thirty-two 30-second …
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Effect of collaborative learning and direct instruction on myside bias
This study investigates the effect on instructional discourse on myside bias; the tendency of people to argue without considering different sides of an issue. 766 Fifth-grade students from two urban districts completed a unit on wolves integrating science, social studies, and the English language …
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Teacher Change and a Direct Instruction Reading Approach : A Multiple-Case Study
… by four elementary teachers as they learned a direct instruction reading approach. The literature reveals that teacher implementation is affected by psychological state, school climate, and conceptual level; however, the goal of this study was to examine the effects of cognition and working …
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The use of direct instruction to improve reading comprehension for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… of this study was to examine the effects of Direct Instruction (DI) for teaching oral comprehension to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). A total of eight students, ages six through eight in a special education classroom participated in the study. They were taught lessons from a …
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Using Direct Instruction to Enhance Student Achievement in a Self-Paced High School Mathematics Classroom
… purpose of this study is to analyze the use of direct instruction with a computer-managed learning system in a high school mathematics classroom. The study addresses the inclusion of direct instruction with the self-paced component of the computer program as it relates to student confidence and …
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The effects of the direct instruction with computer-assisted instruction in reading for students with learning disabilities
… were: (a) to examine the effects of using the Direct Instruction Reading Mastery program along with Computer-assisted instruction to enhance the students' vocabulary learning; (b) to examine the effects of using the Direct Instruction Reading Mastery program in reading along with …
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The effect of direct instruction and self-management strategies on writing fluency of students with learning disabilities
… to evaluate the use of the Reasoning & Writing Direct Instruction program, examine the curriculum-based measurement tools for writing fluency of Total Words Written and Correct Word Sequence, examine the impact of teaching students with disabilities self-management techniques, including …
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Teaching expressive writing to high school students with learning disabilities using direct instruction, self-regulation, and computer-assisted instruction
… was to examine the effects on a combination of Direct Instruction (DI), self-regulation strategies, and computer-assisted writing instruction for high school students with learning disabilities (LD). Five students with LD participated in the study. A multiple baseline research design across …
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ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE REGARDING ACTIVE AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION AND THEIR PROMOTION OF FLEXIBLE THINKING IN MATHEMATICS
… conducted after it was noticed that an active instruction approach in teaching mathematics was becoming more of a standard approach. This literature review aims to analyze and synthesize existing research regarding active and direct instruction, as well as examine how these instructional …
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The effects of using direct instruction and computer-assisted instruction on teaching decoding skills to elementary students with learning disabilities
<p>The purposes of this study are to examine the effect of the Project Read program in teaching decoding skills to students with learning disabilities, and evaluate the effects of the supplemental computer program, Explode the Code. Three second grade students with learning disabilities …
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A Study of the Effects of Direct Instruction in Paradimatic Language Responding on the Reading Skills of Fifth-Grade Students
… after thirty twenty-minute periods of daily direct instruction in paradigmatic language responding, will students who receive direct instruction in paradigmatic language responding score significantly greater in vocabulary achievement, reading comprehension achievement, paradigmatic language …
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An experimental study of the effects of direct instruction in comprehension strategies taught through listening upon reading comprehension of fourth grade students
The purpose of this study was to determine if direct instruction in comprehension strategies taught through listening had an effect on the reading comprehension of fourth grade students.The study sample consisted of seventy-four students in fourth grade classrooms in a metropolitan school district …
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The Impact of Guided Reading and Direct Instruction on Vocabulary and Comprehension Development of Fifth Grade Students: Implications for School and District Leaders
Reading instruction for older students with reading difficulties is a topic increasingly in need of well-informed support and research-based guidance. Recent reform efforts have resulted in positive literacy results in the primary grades, but far too many students are advancing to secondary schools …
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The development of a 15 minute direct instruction program for year 7 students for the Victorian music classroom and an evaluation of its effectiveness in advancing students' music literacy
… education. Inspired by the effectiveness of a Direct Instruction intervention in mathematics by Farkota (2003), this study explores the possibilities of a similar Direct Instruction intervention for the teaching of basic aural and theory skills in the music classroom. The purpose of this study …
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A Study to Determine the Relationship of the Direct Instruction Program <em>Corrective Reading</em> on <em>Terra Nova</em> Tests Scores in One School System in East Tennessee
… study was to examine the relationship of the Direct Instruction program <em>Corrective Reading</em> on standardized achievement test scores specifically of reading scaled score gains in grade levels three through six in a selected school system in East Tennessee.</p><p>The causal-comparative …
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The Effects of Explicit Reading Strategy Instruction and Cooperative Learning on Reading Comprehension in Fourth Grade Students
… study was to investigate the effects of explicit direct instruction and cooperative learning on reading comprehension in fourth grade students. A quasi-experimental design was used. There were six cognitive and three affective measures used to collect quantitative data. Cognitive measures included …
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