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Direct Instruction
Direct Instruction (DI) is a research-based approach to instructional design and implementation. The implementation of DI relies on five key... -
Direct Instruction
This chapter highlights and encourages the use of Direct Instruction (DI) as an evidence-basedDirect Instruction (DI)evidence-based strategy strategy... -
Instructivism in Literacy as a Means for Social Justice: An Effective Path Forward with Direct Instruction Reading
In this paper, we reflect on the existing literacy achievement gap in the United States, the interconnected variables that contribute to this social...
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Comparison of Single Instruction and Varied Instructions to Teach Expressive Labels via Direct Telehealth for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study compared the use of delivering a single instruction (e.g., Who is it?) versus varied instructions (e.g., What’s their name? Who is this?...
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Just How Effective is Direct Instruction?
Despite overwhelming evidence in support of Direct Instruction, this research-validated curriculum has not been widely embraced by teachers or school...
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Reading Instruction for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comparing Observations of Instruction to Student Reading Profiles
Despite a marked increase in the volume of research investigating issues about reading interventions for students with ASD (e.g., Bailey and Arciuli,...
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Features of Direct Instruction: Content Analysis
The goal of Direct Instruction (DI) is to teach content as effectively and efficiently as possible. To do this, instructional designers must identify...
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Features of Direct Instruction: Interactive Lessons
Direct Instruction (DI) teaches challenging academic content to a range of diverse learners. In order to do so, DI includes a complex system for...
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Ten Instructional Design Efforts to Help Behavior Analysts Take Up the Torch of Direct Instruction
Although behavior analysts are trained in discrete trial instruction, other instructional approaches like Direct Instruction are underutilized in...
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The Effects of a Direct Instruction Curriculum Sequence on the Reading Comprehension Responses of Early Readers
Reading comprehension is critical for early learners’ academic success. Derived relations are an important feature of reading comprehension within...
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Strategy Instruction
This chapter introduces strategy instruction as a venue for teachers/researchers to introduce and for students to practice emotion regulation... -
Ode to Zig (and the Bard): In Support of an Incomplete Logical-Empirical Model of Direct Instruction
In this article, I offer my perspective on several elements of Engelmann’s Direct Instruction. I hypothesize Engelmann’s thinking about the schooling...
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Adventures in Direct Instruction Implementation: The Devil Is in the Details
This article tells the story of how a public charter school serving students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) adopted Direct Instruction (DI) as...
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Guidelines for Facilitating Direct Instruction of Generalized Social Behavior: Teaching the General Case
Social deficits are a common feature in individuals with low incidence disabilities. Current solutions used to teach social skills are not always...
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Equivalence Based Instruction
The abstract language-based connections between different items, events, and situations are some of the most complex behaviors that need to be... -
Dissemination of Direct Instruction: Ponder These while Pursuing That
We happy few but why so few is a question initially posed by Skinner and subsequently posed by many members of the behavior-analytic community, and...
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Group-Based Instruction
Much of the assessment and treatment in the area of applied behavior analysis is provided in a one-to-one format. However, group-based... -
Recombinative Instruction-Following without Reinforcement
The purpose of the present study was to assess whether undergraduate students would correctly follow recombined instructions after two kinds of...
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Teaching the Function of Auditory Stimuli Using Secondary Target Instruction
It is important for children to learn to identify safety stimuli in their environment; however, there has been limited research in the field of...
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Group Instruction for Young Children with Autism: A Systematic Review
Given the importance of social integration and participation in inclusive settings for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the...