Teachers break the class into groups, often based on ability, and students rotate through different stations: one practicing problems on Khan Academy, one with direct instruction from the teacher and ...

Educators have long debated the best way to teach, especially the subjects of science and math. One side favors direct instruction, where teachers tell students what they need to know or students read ...

What happens if you stop teaching young children through direct instruction and instead set up purposeful opportunities to play? They could learn just as much when it comes to literacy, numeracy and ...

DIRECT Instruction works. And I’d never send my own child to a school that uses it. That may seem like a paradox. But the picture becomes clearer once you have a sense of what Direct ...

This isn’t the first time the Direct Instruction model has been criticized since its development in the 1960s. One study found it not to be as effective as traditional methods that allow ...

Schools using Direct Instruction, a teaching method sometimes criticized for its tightly scripted teaching lessons, are generally seeing gains in student learning, according to a new package of ...