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What is it Direct Instruction?
What is it Direct Instruction?
Direct instruction is what the teacher does in the classroom. An example would be a traditional lecture.
How to Make it Engaging
How to Make it Engaging
Presentation strategies such as emphasis on the essential questions and dynamic delivery help engage students.
How to Avoid Death by powerpoint
How to Avoid Death by powerpoint
Ready to dive in? Let's consider how we can design our direct instruction to engage our students.
Ready for more? Let's go more in depth with focused instruction and some best practices.
A essential part of focused instruction is ensuring students can answer, "What am I going to learn today?" and "How will I know I've learned."
https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/what-is-teacher-clarity
Modeling is the process by which teachers "open their brains," so students can see great thinking. This article by Karen Lea "Modeling: Essentials for Learning" provides some examples of excellent modeling from different grade levels.
One Key Takeaway - Telling isn't modeling.
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