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1. The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research
(Publication)
This updated meta-analysis synthesized the results of 328 studies on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, spanning 50 years (1966-2016). Results were consistent with conclusions of previous meta-analyses ...
Created on 22 November 2019
2. Early exposure to Direct Instruction and subsequent juvenile delinquency: A prospective examination
(Publication)
Children eligible for special education were randomly assigned to the Direct Instruction program, DISTAR, or the cognitively-based program, Mediated Learning, in preschool. Program graduates were then ...
Created on 16 July 2009
3. Early exposure to Direct Instruction and subsequent juvenile delinquency: A prospective examination
(Publication)
This study examined juvenile delinquency outcomes for children with disabilities who were in two preschool models: Direct Instruction and a cognitively-oriented, child-directed model. Participants included ...
Created on 17 April 2015
4. An analysis of the Reading Mastery program: Effective components and research review
(Publication)
This article articulates the alignment of Reading Mastery with research-validated features of effective instruction in the areas of oral language, decoding, and reading comprehension. The second part ...
Created on 09 December 2014
5. Comparisons of Beginning Literacy Programs: Alternate Paths to the Same Learning Outcome
(Publication)
This study compared the effect of two literacy programs (Integrated Reading-Writing (IR-W), DISTAR) on the academic achievement of elementary students at-risk for literacy problems. Students were selected ...
Created on 27 September 2015
6. The effectiveness of Direct Instruction on the various reading achievement categories
(Publication)
This study compared the effect of DISTAR Reading and a traditional basal program on the reading achievement of third grade students. Low-SES students from southwest Chicago were selected to participate ...
Created on 27 September 2015
7. The effectiveness of Direct Instruction on the reading achievement of sixth graders
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) on the reading achievement of sixth grade students in one Chicago public school. Thirty low achieving students were assigned to DI and their gains ...
Created on 25 September 2015
8. Research on Direct Instruction: 25 Years Beyond DISTAR
(Publication)
This book was written in response to the unfounded negative views of Direct Instruction and a lack of a thorough scientific review of the effectiveness of Direct Instruction. It is designed to show what ...
Created on 12 December 2013
9. Follow-up of children from academic and cognitive preschool curricula at age 9
(Publication)
... assigned to either the Mediated Learning (ML) or DISTAR (DI) program participated in this follow-up study. All students were administered the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities (MS), Peabody Picture ...
Created on 01 October 2015
10. Effects of Interactive Story Reading on Concepts about Print and Journal Writing in First-Grade Children
(Publication)
This study compared the effects of whole language instruction in language arts and DISTAR on the reading and writing skills of first grade students. Thirty-eight students participated in this study with ...
Created on 25 September 2015
11. Interaction between early intervention curricula and student characteristics
(Publication)
This four year study compared the effects of two early intervention programs, Mediated Learning (ML) and DISTAR, on the academic achievement of students with mild to moderate disabilities. One hundred ...
Created on 01 October 2015
12. Effects of curriculum alignment versus Direct Instruction of urban children
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction programs on the academic achievement of 2nd grade students in Camden, New Jersey. (The project received Follow Through funding, but was not one of the ...
Created on 25 September 2015
13. Tailoring Direct Instruction techniques for use with elementary students with brain injury
(Publication)
... DI programs implemented included Corrective Reading (CR), Corrective Mathematics (CM), DISTAR Language (DL), and Reading Mastery (RM). Results from the first case study indicated that the student made ...
Created on 29 June 2016
14. Beyond fiction: Reading for content – John Fenwick school
(Publication)
... grade three. DISTAR Language was also implemented as a K-2 program. The Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) was administered to measure student achievement. Results from the SAT indicate that students who ...
Created on 31 March 2017
15. Belmont community school, Worcester, Massachusetts
(Publication)
... implemented in one school, but the following year the entire K-4 program had implemented DISTAR Language and RM. The school eventually adopted Corrective Reading and extended the use of RM to sixth grade ...
Created on 31 March 2017
16. Why I Sued California
(Publication)
... whole language instruction as well as the justifications for their implementation. He also addresses the issues of legal compliance and content evaluation for the current teaching practices and the DISTAR ...
Created on 17 April 2015
17. Does Phoneme Awareness Training in Kindergarten Make a Difference in Early Word Recognition and Developmental Spelling?
(Publication)
... as the connection between letter names and letter sounds (phoneme awareness group). Activities for the phoneme awareness group included the DISTAR spell-by-sounds program. The second group was only instructed ...
Created on 09 April 2015
18. Language abilities and progress in a Direct Instruction reading program for students with learning disabilities
(Publication)
This study investigated the relationship between a Direct Instruction reading program and language abilities of students with learning disabilities across two years of reading instruction. Results indicate ...
Created on 04 December 2013
19. The effect of Direct Instruction on reading and language scores of an at-risk population
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery and DISTAR Language on the language and reading skills of kindergarten, first grade, and second grade at-risk students during the 1989-1990 school year. ...
Created on 14 July 2016
20. A study of the effects of an oral language program with primary age and elementary age emotionally impaired school populations in the Detroit Public Schools
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of the DISTAR Language program on the academic achievement and behavior of elementary students with emotional issues. Fifty one students were instructed with DISTAR Language ...
Created on 14 October 2015
21. Effectiveness of the DISTAR reading program for children with learning disabilities
(Publication)
This study compared the effectiveness of the DISTAR reading program to a basal reading program on the overall reading scores of elementary students with significant learning disabilities in reading. Forty ...
Created on 17 June 2015
22. Effectiveness of the DISTAR Reading I program in developing first graders’ language skills
(Publication)
This study compared the effect of DISTAR Reading and a basal reading program on increasing the school-based language ability of 80 African American elementary students. Students from two urban elementary ...
Created on 27 September 2015
23. Direct Instruction in kindergarten part 2: Research findings
(Publication)
In response to criticisms of the Direct Instruction (DI) model, this report examines data from Project Follow Through and studies on the effectiveness of the DI and High Scope models. Results from the ...
Created on 15 June 2016
24. The Direct Instruction Follow Through model: Design and outcomes
(Publication)
This article examines the results of the Direct Instruction (DI) model from Project Follow Through. Research findings are discussed as well as the components of the DI model. Key components covered include ...
Created on 01 October 2015
25. Effectiveness of a Direct Instruction academic kindergarten for low-income students
(Publication)
This article examined the effectiveness of Direct Instruction (DI) in preparing at-risk kindergarten students for their future academic achievement. Two studies were reviewed to investigate the short- ...
Created on 26 September 2015
26. Direct Instruction for teaching “hard to teach” students
(Publication)
This article addresses the challenges of teaching students labeled as “hard to teach” and the effectiveness of Direct Instruction with these students. The term hard to teach students is examined to highlight ...
Created on 17 June 2015
27. A meta-analysis of the effects of Direct Instruction in special education
(Publication)
This meta-analysis included 25 studies that evaluated the effectiveness of Direct Instruction programs compared to alternative programs for special education students. No studies favored comparison programs, ...
Created on 09 December 2014
28. Direct Instruction in the preschool
(Publication)
This article describes the effects of implementing DISTAR Reading with low-income preschoolers. Children received 1-2 years of instruction with DISTAR Reading, with children who received two years of instruction ...
Created on 04 December 2013
29. Preschool for the disadvantaged: DISTAR Language I tested in South Africa
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of DISTAR Language on the language skills of disadvantaged Indian preschool students in South Africa. Students’ performance was compared to similar students receiving instruction ...
Created on 14 July 2016
30. Evaluation of the Williamsburg County Direct Instruction Program: Factors Leading to Success in Rural Elementary Programs
(Publication)
This article examines the impact of the implementation of Direct Instruction curriculum on the students in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. The study was conducted over a period of seven years and ...
Created on 25 September 2015
31. Using DI in a Victoria, B. C. Resource Room
(Publication)
This study examined the effects of Direct Instruction on the academic performance of children in a Learning Assisted classroom from 1980 to 1986. Students were divided into small groups (6-11) based on ...
Created on 09 April 2015
32. DISTAR and CTBS results
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of the DISTAR program on the academic achievement of elementary students. The DISTAR program was implemented in five elementary schools in Oldham County Kentucky in varying ...
Created on 20 July 2016
33. Corrective Reading Program: An Analysis of Effectiveness with Learning Disabled and Mentally Retarded Students
(Publication)
This article examines the effectiveness of the Corrective Reading Program with learning disabled (LD) and educable mentally retarded (EMR) students on reading recognition and comprehension. Both groups ...
Created on 17 April 2015
34. A multifaceted study of change in seven inner-city schools
(Publication)
... years and measured the effects of the DISTAR language and reading programs. Across schools, there was substantial variation in achievement gains. The intent of this study was to explore the variables that ...
Created on 04 December 2013
35. Direct language instruction and interactive language instruction with language delayed preschool children: A comparison study
(Publication)
This study compared two approaches to teaching preschool children with language delays: interactive instruction and Direct Instruction utilizing DISTAR Language. Pre- and post-intervention language skills ...
Created on 14 October 2009
36. Teaching English as a second language with DI
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of DISTAR Language on the academic achievement of English as a Second Language kindergarten students. A similar group of students who received instruction with a teacher ...
Created on 29 June 2016
37. Longitudinal follow-up assessment of differential preschool experience for low income minority group children
(Publication)
... in two different preschool programs were selected to participate. Twenty seven of these students had been enrolled in a DISTAR preschool for at least one year. The remaining 17 students had been enrolled ...
Created on 20 June 2016
38. Structured Immersion for Language Minority Students: Results of a Longitudinal Evaluation
(Publication)
This article describes a 7 year-long study conducted to test the effect of a structured immersion program, based on the principles of Direct Instruction, on students with limited English proficiency. In ...
Created on 26 September 2015
39. Direct Instruction with Special Education Students: A Review of Evaluation Research
(Publication)
This article describes a 7 year-long study conducted to test the effect of a structured immersion program, based on the principles of Direct Instruction, on students with limited English proficiency. In ...
Created on 17 April 2015
40. Follow Through revisited: Reflections on the site variability issue
(Publication)
In response to the controversial and conflicting analyses of the results from Project Follow Through, Gersten examines the issue of site variability. To counter one of the major assertions that one instructional ...
Created on 23 May 2017
41. Reading instruction for poverty-level preschoolers
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of the DISTAR Reading program on the academic achievement of low-SES preschoolers. Students at the preschool received instruction with DISTAR Reading, Language and Arithmetic ...
Created on 24 January 2017
42. Camden, New Jersey Direct Instruction project
(Publication)
This report discusses two studies conducted at Camden, New Jersey elementary schools. The first study investigated the effectiveness of the DISTAR Language program with kindergarten students at three elementary ...
Created on 14 June 2016
43. DISTAR in the day nursery: An experimental evaluation of DISTAR Language I
(Publication)
This study compared the effect of the DISTAR Language I and the Teach Them to Speak language programs on the language abilities of at-risk preschool students. Students aged 3.5 to 5 years were randomly ...
Created on 10 June 2016
44. Long-term effects of four preschool programs: Ninth and Tenth Results
(Publication)
This study compared the long term effects of four preschool programs on the IQ and academic achievement of students in high school. Participants had been randomly assigned to one of the four preschools ...
Created on 27 September 2015
45. Long-Term Academic Effects of the Direct Instruction Project Follow Through
(Publication)
This study examined the long-term effects of the DISTAR model used at one Project Follow Through site in Brooklyn New York. Students were instructed with DISTAR for either three or four years prior to ...
Created on 26 September 2015
46. Entry IQ and yearly academic growth of children in Direct Instruction programs: A longitudinal study of low SES children
(Publication)
This article retrospectively examined data collected during Project Follow Through to explore whether there were differences in achievement gains between low-income students entering school with high IQs ...
Created on 04 December 2013
47. Students follow-up in H.S.: The Uvalde study
(Publication)
This study examined the high school academic achievement of students in Uvalde Texas, who participated in Project Follow Through and were instructed with Direct Instruction (DI) programs during the first ...
Created on 23 March 2017
48. DI Follow Through students show fewer dropouts, fewer retentions, and more high school graduates
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) programs on the high school careers of low-SES students who participated in Project Follow Through as elementary students. The study analyzed data ...
Created on 23 June 2016
49. The later effects of Direct Instruction Follow Through: Preliminary findings
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) programs on the high school careers of low-SES students who participated in Project Follow Through as elementary students. The study analyzed data ...
Created on 22 June 2016
50. A study of teacher presentation variables: Pacing and praise
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of rapid pacing and teacher praise on four students with learning disabilities’ reading achievement. Students were instructed with DISTAR Reading, which features rapid pacing ...
Created on 17 June 2016

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