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 ...
Reviews of research on rural education suggest that identifying ways to help rural schools improve teachers’ pedagogical skills should be a high priority. This article addresses this issue by examining ...
This study uses published, aggregated data on the results of implementations of Reading Mastery to show how school assessment data, such as that mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), can be ...
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 examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
This study examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
This study examined student response to remedial reading intervention, with comparisons made between students from differing language backgrounds and across instructional programs. Struggling readers who ...
In this article, Engelmann and Engelmann discuss the various problems involved with scaling up comprehensive school reform models in order to reverse the failure of schools to educate all students. Their ...
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 article outlines the key elements of the design principles of the Direct Instruction model. Each design principle is examined in terms of function and how it works in a variety of different areas ...
This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the academic achievement of remedial third and fourth grade students and teachers’ instructional expectations and decision-making. The North ...
The study was designed to evaluate the relationship of the curricular programs Connecting Math Concepts and Open Court to students’ comprehension of mathematical concepts and procedures. Twenty-four students ...
This study compared the effects of two instructional models, Reading Mastery and Addison Wesley’s Meet the Superkids and The Superkids’ Club, on the reading achievement of students with learning disabilities. ...
This study compared the effectiveness of a videodisc mathematics program with a basal program on the acquisition of fractions concepts by students with learning disabilities and other remedial high school ...
This study compared effects of two math curricula intended to teach ratio and proportion word problems; instruction was delivered via videodisc and incorporated Direct Instruction principles for the experimental ...
This study examined the effect of a computer simulation program, Health Ways (HW), on the academic achievement of high school students with mild handicaps in a health class. Thirty students were randomly ...
This article examines the results of the Direct Instruction (DI) model from Project Follow Through. Research findings are discussed as well as the components of the DI model. Key components covered include ...
This article addresses the challenges of teaching students labeled as “hard to teach” and the effectiveness of Direct Instruction with these students. The term hard to teach students is examined to highlight ...
This article reviews research conducted on Direct Instruction across three decades, discussing literature on instructional design and technology, research on effective teaching and coaching, and directions ...
This study examined two approaches for correcting oral reading errors of beginning readers. The whole word and phonic approaches were compared to determine if they differentially affected student decoding ...
This article summarizes the findings from a national evaluation of Project Follow Through, specifically examining the Direct Instruction model, which was the most successful model for achieving educational ...
This study examines the various instructional models of Project Follow Through. Each chapter describes the design of each model, teachers’ perceptions of the model, parents’ perceptions of the model, and ...
This evaluation of Project Follow Though analyzes the 17 different models represented in the study, and reports on their effectiveness on student performance over four years. The report is designed to ...
This study examines the national evaluation of Project Follow Though. The 13 main instructional models are described and analyzed in terms of their design and effect on students’ academic achievement. ...