Path to Literacy
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Why is Reading so Hard?
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Anatomy of a Reading
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Countdown to Lesson One
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Practice Junction: Practice the Sounds
Practice Junction: Sounds Review and Blending
Practice Junction: Signals and Scripts Lesson 1-8
Practice Junction: Signals and Scripts Lesson 19-29
Practice Junction: Signals and Scripts Lessons 37-56
Practice Junction: Signals and Scripts Lessons 57-96
Practice Junction: Correction Procedures
Sample Workbook and Storybook Formats
FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE DI MODEL
To find out more about the full immersion (comprehensive) DI model, you can attend the session for administrators that is part of the annual National Training Institute. The session runs for four full days and is led by NIFDI personnel. The session discusses the changes in time management, student assessment, problem solving, behavior management, and capacity building that accelerates student performance. The National Training Institute will be held this August in San Antonio. For more information on the institute, visit the institute's home page.
NEXT STEPS WITH NIFDI
In addition to attending the Full Immersion Model for Implementing DI, administrators interested in implementing DI can call Dr. Kurt Engelmann, President of NIFDI, at 1.877.485.1973 toll-free to discuss implementation options with NIFDI. Fill out the pdf School Data Form with the number of students, aides and teachers for all grades in the school and fax the form to Dr. Engelmann's attention at 541.683.7543. This information will be used to help assess the school's needs and to put together a budget on the expenses of NIFDI services.
For arranging next steps with NIFDI:
The term direct instruction was first used in 1968, when Science Research Associates published a beginning reading program called DISTAR, authored by Siegfried Engelmann and his colleagues. Since 1968, the use of the term direct instruction has evolved in two main directions: DI and di.
Direct Instruction (DI)
In the 1960's, Zig Engelmann created this explicit, carefully sequenced and scripted model of instruction. Published Direct Instruction programs are based on a landmark empirical research study and numerous follow-up studies over the last thirty years about how children actually learn. Project Follow Through (1967), the largest educational experiment ever conducted, evaluated nine major approaches to educating at-risk students. Only students taught with the Direct Instruction approach consistently outperformed control students on basic, cognitive, and affective measures. Direct Instruction is sometimes referred to as "capital DI."
direct instruction (di)
In his 1976 teacher effectiveness research, Barak Rosenshine gave this term to a set of variables found to be significantly related to student achievement. This set of variables included engaged time, small group instruction, and specific and immediate feedback. This approach is often referred to as "small di."
