Direct Instruction

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Direct Instruction

• What is it?
• Teaching strategy which is teacher centered and
  involves lots of information being transmitted to
  the students. Typically known as a lecture.

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• Direct instruction is like a good speech
• the teacher must catch students interest at the
  beginning, hold it by delivering pertinent
  organized information, involve listeners (overtly
  or covertly) and STOP before they reach
  saturation.

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Types of Direct Instruction

• Explaining
• Demonstration
• Teaching a Concept
• Giving Directions

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Considerations

• Be well organized
• Juggle direct instruction with other teaching
  strategies
• Show enthusiasm, interest in the topic
• Include lots of examples, illustrations,
  analogies, visuals
• Make all your students feel personally spoken to

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Considerations

• Good audibility
• Secure attention
• Emphasis on key points
• Organized advanced organizer or outline
• Check for understanding?
• Dont read from notes

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Cautions

• Do not overuse direct instruction
• Make your direct instruction as interactive as
  possible
• Students typically fade out of non-interactive
  lectures.