Direct instruction is effective in teaching basic skills and developing higher-order thinking skills. “Direct Instruction teachers, operating from detailed scripts, tell kids what they need to know, ...

And that one – “Direct Instruction” – a method that worked, all the others not doing so consistently, was the one that used old-fashioned and even archaic teaching methods.

Two groups of scholars look at the same body of research and come to opposite conclusions on which are the most effective teaching strategies. One says the evidence for inquiry is weak. The other camp ...

In the Netherlands, students with intellectual disabilities (ID) attend practical education (PE). Teachers generally use demonstration as a form of direct instruction (DI) and students have difficulty ...

Critical thinking is a unifying goal of modern education. While past research has mostly examined the efficacy of a single instructional approach to teaching critical thinking, recent literature has ...

Learning the art and skill of effective instruction starts long before a teacher’s first job in the classroom. Aspiring educators begin honing their craft in preparation programs that tie clinical ...