Direct Instruction and the Education of Children with Special Needs

摘要: Direct instruction is a research-based instructional strategy that has been implemented with students mild cognitive and learning disabilities since the mid-1960s. Although model varied slightly over past five decades, approach uses systematic lesson structure key behaviors. The most positive outcomes occur when direct applied to well-defined skills can be taught in carefully sequenced, fast-paced, step-by-step process involving significant teacher/student interaction. ensures know what expect as they learn understand importance of are learning. It prepares them apply have learned contexts. This sets up for success mastery-level prior moving on new content. article focuses this premise.