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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)

Recent Papers on DI Here

Descriptions of DI Curricula

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

Rebutting Whole Language Cult Diehards

Main Features of Direct Instruction--Especially the Logic of Instruction--and Bio of Siegfried Engelmann

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" (Description of Direct Instruction and Evaluation Research by Education Commission of the States. Click on Information Clearinghouse, then Promising Practices, then Expand All Topics.)

"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

Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read (Free! Massive Literature Review Showing That Explicit--Direct--Instruction Is the Most Effective)

University of Oregon College of Education (See their institutes and centers.)

"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
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~bgrossen/PT.htm)

Bonnie Grossen's Web Site (DI Placement Tests, articles)

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

Angie Penzkover's Web Site (Essays, Critiques of The Inanity That Passes for Knowledge in Education, Great Links)

Lisa Leppin's Web Site: The Classical Tutor (Vast and Well-Organized Information on Curriculum and Instruction and, in Addition, Effective Tutoring) Also here

Michael Maloney's Teach Your Children Well

Kerry Hempenstall's Execllent Website.

DI Success in Baltimore

Deanna Shuman's Thesis: A Literature Review on Direct Instruction

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 Effective School Practices)

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)

Classical Charter School

Charter Day School, of Roger Bacon Academy (New charter school using Direct Instruction in the context of classical value orientations)

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.)