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DirectInstructionModel

Is about

Usingateacherdemonstrationandexplanationcombinedwithstudentpracticeandfeedbacktohelplearnersacquirewelldefinedknowledge
andskillsneededforlaterlearning.

Main Idea

PlanningLessons

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Main Idea

ImplementingLessons

Details

IdentifyTopics

IntroductionandReview

SpecifyLearningObjectives

Presentation

Prepareexamplesandproblems

GuidedPractice

Main Idea

AssessingStudents
Understanding
Details

Whenaccessingstudents
understandingofproceduralskills
taughtusingthedirectinstruction
model,teachershavestudentssolve
problemsthatrequirethemtoapply
theskillstheyhaveacquired.

IndependentPractice

So what? What is important to understand about this?

DirectInstructionisgroundedinanextensivebodyofresearch,andiseffectivewhenworkingwithlowstudentsand
studentswithexceptionalities.

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