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Name: Savannah Smith
2008 Edwin Ellis, All Rights Reserved Published by Makes Sense Strategies, LLC, Northport, AL www.MakesSenseStrategies.com
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DirectInstructionModel
Is about
Amodelthatusesteacherdemonstrationandexplanationcombinedwithstudentpracticeandfeedbacktohelplearnersacquirewelldefined
knowledgeandskillsneededforlaterlearning.
TheoreticalFoundation
Originallydevelopedby:SiegfriedEngelmannand
WesleyBecker
Teachereffectivenessresearch
SocialCognitiveTheory(Bandura)effectivenessof
modelingonlearningskillandlearningbyobserving
others
Theinfluenceofinteractiononlearning(Vygotsky)
Assessment
Thiswillbeperformedthroughtheassessmentofthe
studentscomprehensionofthenewskill.
Eachteachermustpaycarefulattentionwhendecidinghow
totesttheirknowledgeoftheskill;neithershouldthe
problemsbeeasyenoughtoallowthestudentstosimply
memorizethequestions,butactuallyunderstandthem,nor
besimilarenoughtotheinstructionproblems.Testingwill
shouldincreasethevalidityoftheassessment.
Planning
Identifytopicsmostsuitedforpracticalskillswhichisa
cognitiveprocessthathasexactoperationsandprocedures
thatisestablishedthroughpractice
Specifylearningobjectivesformanunderstandingofthe
theoreticalknowledgethatprovidesfoundationforthe
proceduralskilliskey
Developquestionsandexamplestheseproblemsmusthelp
thechildtocomprehendtheskillandproblemsthatfollow
theexamples
Implementing
Phase1:IntroductionandReviewtheteacherhooksthestudents
andintroducesthatlessonandrecallsthepriorunderstanding
Phase2:PresentationNewskillispresented,thoroughlyexplained,
anddemonstratedthroughextensiveandhighqualityillustrations
Phase3:GuidedpracticeStudentspracticethesenewlearnedskills
undertheteachersobservance
Phase4:IndependentpracticeStudentsareinfluencedtopractice
theseskillsontheirown(projects,homework,etc)
Motivation
Thesenewskills,suchasproceduralonesfrom
thismodel,willmotivatethestudentstointeract
becauseitisexcitingandnew.
Anothermotivationisthefactthattheywillbe
encouragedtoknowthisskillontheirown,
withoutanyoutsidehelp.
Thismodelisimportantasateacherinordertopresentnewskillsandhavetheirstudentscomprehendthesenew
interestingskills.