Direct Instruction in Action

Research has proven conclusively that Direct Instruction works. What parents, educators, and others may also want to know is that children who learn in a DI setting are happy, engaged, and confident. The videos below showcase Direct Instruction through classroom observations, teacher interviews, and more.

Clips of Direct Instruction in action	Direct Instruction in Gering, NE: A success story
ABC 20/20 with John Stossel discusses Direct Instruction	Direct Instruction, discussed by a teacher who had been trained in the whole language method
Direct Instruction, according to the man who invented it (40 years ago)	Counterpoint: Developmentally Appropriate Practice (an opposing approach) in action
Counterpoint: Video from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) on the "New" Developmentally Appropriate Practice	Supplement: A summary of the results of Project Follow Through, showing the outcomes of Direct Instruction and eight other instructional models

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