This article presents results from three studies that examined the impact of administrative decisions and implementation fidelity to on student achievement within schools implementing DI programs. Results ...
This updated meta-analysis synthesized the results of 328 studies on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, spanning 50 years (1966-2016). Results were consistent with conclusions of previous meta-analyses ...
In this report Stockard analyzes the conclusions of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, specifically examining the strong differences between their review of ...
In response to a recent report published by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) on the effectiveness of the Direct Instruction program Reading Mastery with students with learning disabilities, Stockard ...
This paper reports the results of a meta-analysis of studies of DI programs that included a comparison group, randomly assigned students to groups, and reported statistical information that could be used ...
Research on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction (DI) has spanned over 40 years, consistently providing support for the assertion that all children can learn if provided with appropriate instruction. ...
This study investigated the effectiveness of two reading programs (Guided Reading (GR) and Reading Mastery (RM)) on the reading achievement of struggling readers over seven months. Sixty-six second grade ...
This report evaluates the procedures of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), and specifically examines a WWC report on the effectiveness of the Direct Instruction program Reading Mastery. Stockard’s evaluation ...
The National Reading Panel recently concluded that pre-literacy and early literacy instruction is appropriate for kindergarten students and an important element of promoting higher achievement in later ...
This study provided a descriptive analysis of the research literature on three-tier models and conducted a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of three-tier models of reading, behavior, and a combination ...
This report summarizes 12 research studies on the effectiveness of early literacy instruction for struggling readers. The programs reviewed included Early Steps, Sound Partners, Thinking Partners, Proactive ...
This study examines the effect of Reading Mastery on the reading achievement of six low-performing third grade students over ten weeks. The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS) test was ...
This study examined whether the Corrective Reading-Decoding curriculum could be altered in order to meet the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and therefore, result in the students’ ability to ...
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery on students with learning disabilities in comparison to students with learning disabilities who were taught with a variety of methods. Twenty students ...
This article articulates the alignment of Reading Mastery with research-validated features of effective instruction in the areas of oral language, decoding, and reading comprehension. The second part ...
This study examined the effect of supplemental reading instruction with Direct Instruction (DI) on the reading achievement of students in kindergarten through third grade who were below grade level. The ...
This study looked at the value of a developmental and transactional perspective within the context of teaching children to read. The authors examine results of studies of children with advanced language ...
This study compared the designs and efficacy of seven research-based reading and language arts programs. The programs examined included Cooperative Integrated Reading and Comprehension (CIRC), Direct Instruction ...
This article examines 24 studies that provided data on error correction in oral reading to analyze its effect on reading comprehension and word recognition. Results indicated corrective feedback increased ...
This study summarizes 30 years of research conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) on how children learn to read. The history of NICHD research and their rigorous ...
This book was written in response to the unfounded negative views of Direct Instruction and a lack of a thorough scientific review of the effectiveness of Direct Instruction. It is designed to show what ...
This report discusses a series of case studies in which Direct Instruction (DI) techniques and programs were tailored to address the needs of three elementary students with severe brain injuries. The case ...
This article articulates the differences between Direct Instruction curricula and traditional, “direct” teaching methods. Additionally, findings from the original study and studies related to project Follow ...
This article reports on two studies that examined the effect of pausing or not pausing when decoding words. The first study examined the effect of pausing for one or three seconds between the sounds of ...
In response to criticisms of the Direct Instruction (DI) model, this report examines data from Project Follow Through and studies on the effectiveness of the DI and High Scope models. Results from the ...
This article summarizes two studies on the effect of the videodisc program Mastering Fractions (MF). The first study examined the effect of the MF on the acquisition of fraction skills by 83 secondary ...
This article discusses the results of two studies on the long-term effects of the Direct Instruction Follow Through Model. The first study examined the academic performance of fifth and sixth grade students ...
This article examined the effectiveness of Direct Instruction (DI) in preparing at-risk kindergarten students for their future academic achievement. Two studies were reviewed to investigate the short- ...
... ability. Multiple efficacy studies are reviewed, and their results are summarized. Additionally, common criticisms of Direct Instruction are discussed. In review of the available research on the effectiveness ...
This meta-analysis included 25 studies that evaluated the effectiveness of Direct Instruction programs compared to alternative programs for special education students. No studies favored comparison programs, ...
This article examines three studies, which address the efficiency of implementing Teacher Net, a low-cost computer networking system. Each study examined a different context; independent work, teacher ...
This report examined two studies on the effect of the videodisc program, Mastering Fractions (MF), on the fractions skills of secondary students. To examine the effect of the medium of instruction, the ...
Three studies assessed the effects of two mathematics instruction programs, a basal math program and the Project Follow-Through Direct Instruction program, on math achievement with elementary school children. ...
This article examined two studies on the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) Decoding A, B, and C on the reading achievement of students with learning disabilities. The first study examined the effect of ...
This report discusses two studies conducted at Camden, New Jersey elementary schools. The first study investigated the effectiveness of the DISTAR Language program with kindergarten students at three elementary ...
This article examined two studies that compared the effect of the DISTAR program to a combination of conventional basal programs on student academic achievement in reading, language and arithmetic when ...
This article reviews a study on the effectiveness of the different components of the Distar language program with 48 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students. This study was a portion of a three-year ...
This study examined the efficacy of ESEA Title I programs in community school district 15 in New York City during the 1972-73 school year. The selected programs focused on improving the basic academic ...
This study examined the effect of two experimental preschool programs (DISTAR, Nursery School model) on the academic achievement of low-SES preschool students. Seven teachers who were most opposed to a ...
... 28 peer-reviewed efficacy studies. These studies examined the effectiveness of CR with a wide variety of populations and settings. Twenty six of the twenty eight studies found positive results for students ...