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October 14, 2014
Q: How do I get my students to be meta-cognitive? It is difficult for my students to explain their thinking.
A: Nearly all of us have a difficult time describing how we perform natural activities. For example, describe how you swallow. Tell me how you walk. Tell me how you think. Y...
September 15, 2014
Let me tell you how this latest educational movie, “Effective Instruction in the Common Core,” ends. The movie ends with a predictable cast of education researchers proclaiming that there is no one best approach. The most effective approach to teaching the standards is one in whi...
August 15, 2014
A continuation of The Research Supporting TESS (part 1)
The second great influence on the development of what we now know as direct instruction was Dr. Madeline Hunter, who published most of her research and theory in the 1980’s. Dr. Hunter believed that the majority of a teacher’s...
August 15, 2014
Often, when doing teacher training in direct instruction, we are asked about the research behind the model. It is an honest question from either teachers or administrators, but in some ways the question is mildly shocking. In fact, the elements, or steps, making up direct instructi...
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