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1. The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Implementation Fidelity of Direct Instruction and Student Achievement
(Publication)
This article presents results from three studies that examined the impact of administrative decisions and implementation fidelity to on student achievement within schools implementing DI programs. Results ...
Created on 22 November 2019
2. The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research
(Publication)
... academic areas, including reading, math, language, and spelling. Other outcomes were also examined, including affective measures, ability measures, and teacher and parent perceptions. Moderation analyses ...
Created on 22 November 2019
3. Research on the Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Programs: An Updated Meta-Analysis
(Publication)
... to calculate effect sizes. Twenty studies with 95 separate comparisons were identified. Slightly more than half of the studies (n=11) dealt with reading, 5 involved mathematics, 2 regarded language, and ...
Created on 14 April 2015
4. The Third Wave Project: Report of a project to investigate effective ‘Third Wave’ intervention strategies for students with learning difficulties who are in mainstream schools in years 4, 5 and 6
(Publication)
... with learning disabilities in reading and mathematics. Teachers in the reference schools received this training one year later. Training included lessons in Direct Instruction and Strategy Instruction. ...
Created on 09 June 2016
5. The effects of a Direct Instruction program on the fraction performance of middle school students at-risk for failure in mathematics
(Publication)
This study examined the effects of a Direct Instruction mathematics program, Corrective Mathematics, Basic Fractions on middle school students identified as at-risk for failure in mathematics. Concepts ...
Created on 04 December 2013
6. Florida school moves from D grade to A with Reading Mastery
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students. In response to receiving a “D” grade from the state of Florida, the Alta Vista ...
Created on 28 September 2015
7. Cleveland school keeps Reading Mastery as curriculum core
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction on the reading achievement of economically disadvantaged elementary students. The school fully implemented Reading Mastery in grades K-6 during the ...
Created on 28 September 2015
8. Effects of a high school peer-delivered Corrective Mathematics program
(Publication)
This study examined the effects of a peer-delivered Corrective Mathematics program on math ability of low-performers in a secondary general education classroom. The Calculation and Applied Problems subtests ...
Created on 04 December 2013
9. Basic Model Project, Longwood University, Farmville Virginia
(Publication)
... English portion, 83% passed the Math portion, 70% passed the Science portion, and 47% passed the History portion. Six months after the implementation of CR the majority of students improved one grade level ...
Created on 30 March 2017
10. The Baltimore curriculum project: Final report of the four-year evaluation study
(Publication)
... those in the second grade during the first year of implementation. Results varied depending on the subject, grade level, and instructional program. Students in DI schools demonstrated rapid growth in mathematics ...
Created on 30 October 2015
11. Closing the achievement gap: The implementation of Direct Instruction in Whiteville City Schools
(Publication)
... African American and Caucasian students in both math and reading. Direct Instruction was implemented in all grades including kindergarten, with students receiving either Language for Learning or Reading ...
Created on 25 September 2015
12. Achievement Outcomes in Baltimore City Schools
(Publication)
This article examines changes in student achievement in the Baltimore City School System from 1993 to 2001, focusing on actual change over time and projected achievement based on current performance trends. ...
Created on 25 September 2015
13. The Benefits of Direct Instruction: Affirmative Action for At-Risk Students
(Publication)
This article describes how Direct Instruction programs can help at-risk students who are academically behind catch up to their peers. At-risk students who are academically behind are forced to learn substantially ...
Created on 17 April 2015
14. Building on the best, learning from what works: Seven promising reading and language arts programs
(Publication)
This study compared the designs and efficacy of seven research-based reading and language arts programs. The programs examined included Cooperative Integrated Reading and Comprehension (CIRC), Direct Instruction ...
Created on 30 September 2015
15. Morningside Academy
(Publication)
... arts ranged from 1.6 to 3.8 grade levels per year, reading ranged from 2.0 to 2.8 grade levels per year, and math from 1.9 to 3.9 grade levels per year. (Copyright © 2011, National Institute for Direct ...
Created on 04 April 2017
16. Reliability of observations done by cooperating teacher supervisors in a Direct Instruction practicum
(Publication)
... with Reading Mastery and/or Corrective Mathematics and were supervised by licensed teachers in their classrooms. A university coordinator served as the reliability observer. Results indicate that interobserver ...
Created on 04 December 2013
17. Direct Instruction: An academic improvement study
(Publication)
... 83.59%. There was both a decrease in failing scores and an increase in the number of “A” grades. Additionally, disruptive student behavior decreased, and students demonstrated greater enthusiasm for math ...
Created on 09 June 2016
18. 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
19. Research brief: A validation study of Connecting Math Concepts
(Publication)
This study examined the effectiveness of Connecting Math Concepts on the academic achievement of students entering the first grade in one Follow Through elementary school in Camden, New Jersey. Similar ...
Created on 14 June 2016
20. An Exploratory Evaluation of Dynamic Assessment and the Role of Basals on Comprehension of Mathematical Operations
(Publication)
The study was designed to evaluate the relationship of the curricular programs Connecting Math Concepts and Open Court to students’ comprehension of mathematical concepts and procedures. Twenty-four third ...
Created on 09 April 2015
21. Evaluating a mathematics program for adoption: Connecting Math Concepts
(Publication)
This study examined effects of the Direct Instruction mathematics program, Connecting Math Concepts, on math performance of first and fourth grade students. Students receiving traditional basal math instruction ...
Created on 04 December 2013
22. Accelerating cognitive growth: The Edison School math project
(Publication)
This study compared third and fifth grade classrooms at Edison School in Kalamazoo, Michigan that implemented the Direct Instruction program, Connecting Math Concepts, with classrooms that implemented ...
Created on 04 December 2013
23. 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
24. Effects of curriculum alignment versus Direct Instruction of urban children
(Publication)
... comparing the achievement of mobile and stable students in both groups. Results indicated that students in the DI group performed significantly higher on mathematics computation than students in the control ...
Created on 25 September 2015
25. Research study: Raising mathematics problem-solving performance: Do the NCTM teaching standards help?
(Publication)
This study compared the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) videodisc programs and the Scott Foresman basal mathematics program on the mathematics achievement of fifth and sixth grade low- and high-performing ...
Created on 18 August 2016
26. Brief report – Connecting Math Concepts in special education
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Connecting Math Concepts on the numeration, computation, and applications skills of two special education elementary students. The Stanford Diagnostic Math Test was administered ...
Created on 07 July 2016
27. 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
28. The effectiveness of Direct Instruction in a third-world context
(Publication)
... students who received Direct Instruction demonstrated skills in English reading, English language, and mathematics that were comparable to students who were one grade level higher and who had not received ...
Created on 04 December 2013
29. Manipulatives: The effective way
(Publication)
This study compared the effect of two instructional strategies on the efficient and effective development of procedural and conceptual mathematics knowledge of elementary students. The first strategy, ...
Created on 21 June 2016
30. Student error patterns as a function of curriculum design: Teaching fractions to remedial high school students and high school students with learning disabilities
(Publication)
This study compared the effectiveness of a videodisc mathematics program with a basal program on the acquisition of fractions concepts by students with learning disabilities and other remedial high school ...
Created on 14 October 2015
31. Evaluating curriculum design in the context of active teaching
(Publication)
This study compared effects of two math curricula intended to teach ratio and proportion word problems; instruction was delivered via videodisc and incorporated Direct Instruction principles for the experimental ...
Created on 04 December 2013
32. A field trial of Mastering Fractions videodisc program
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of the videodisc program, Mastering Fractions, on fifth grade students’ ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. Mastering Fractions was implemented in one ...
Created on 15 June 2016
33. Direct Instruction in kindergarten part 2: Research findings
(Publication)
... Metropolitan Achievement Test indicate that DI students in kindergarten to third grade were close to or at the national norms on all measures (reading, math, language, spelling). Additionally, students ...
Created on 15 June 2016
34. An evaluation of a level-one instructional videodisc program
(Publication)
This article summarizes two studies on the effect of the videodisc program Mastering Fractions (MF). The first study examined the effect of the MF on the acquisition of fraction skills by 83 secondary ...
Created on 08 October 2015
35. The Direct Instruction Follow Through model: Design and outcomes
(Publication)
... Joint Dissemination Review Panel certified all 12 Direct Instruction Follow Through projects as exemplary in reading and mathematics for the primary grades. (Copyright © 2011, National Institute for Direct ...
Created on 01 October 2015
36. Progress in a high school LD class
(Publication)
... skills. Six students (4 boys and 2 girls) participated in the study for the entire school year. Students received instruction with reading, language, math, spelling, and writing programs. Students were ...
Created on 30 September 2015
37. The Continued Impact of the Direct Instruction Model: Longitudinal Studies of Follow Through Students
(Publication)
... Wide Range Achievement Test for reading, math problem solving, and spelling. Results from the second study indicated that ninth grade students who previously received instruction with DI consistently outperformed ...
Created on 26 September 2015
38. Effectiveness of a Direct Instruction academic kindergarten for low-income students
(Publication)
... ninth grade. Results from the first study indicated that students who received instruction with DI in kindergarten outperformed the control group in reading, language, and math achievement. Results of ...
Created on 26 September 2015
39. 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
40. 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
41. Long-Term Benefits from Direct Instruction
(Publication)
... greater results in reading, language and mathematics than comparison students. Students who received DI in kindergarten demonstrated greater results six years after the completion of the program than students ...
Created on 01 October 2015
42. Evaluation of the Williamsburg County Direct Instruction Program: Factors Leading to Success in Rural Elementary Programs
(Publication)
... used curriculum. Students were tested in all basic skill areas: reading, math, language and spelling. Students’ self-esteem was also measured. Results indicated that students in the Direct Instruction ...
Created on 25 September 2015
43. 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
44. DISTAR and CTBS results
(Publication)
... years. The Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills was administered to measure student achievement in math and reading. Results indicated that students in the schools where DI had been implemented the longest ...
Created on 20 July 2016
45. Videodisc instruction: Teaching fractions to learning handicapped and remedial students
(Publication)
This study compared the effect of the videodisc program, Mastering Fractions (MF), to a traditional basal approach, Mathematics Today (MT), on the fractions skills of 28 remedial high school students. ...
Created on 13 July 2016
46. An evaluation of the Mastering Fractions level-one videodisc program
(Publication)
This report examined two studies on the effect of the videodisc program, Mastering Fractions (MF), on the fractions skills of secondary students. To examine the effect of the medium of instruction, the ...
Created on 07 July 2016
47. First year report on a jr. high LD class
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction programs on the growth of reading, language, math, spelling, and writing skills of remedial students over one school year. Six students participated ...
Created on 12 June 2016
48. Two approaches to the development phase of mathematics instruction
(Publication)
Three studies assessed the effects of two mathematics instruction programs, a basal math program and the Project Follow-Through Direct Instruction program, on math achievement with elementary school children. ...
Created on 17 April 2015
49. Structured Immersion for Language Minority Students: Results of a Longitudinal Evaluation
(Publication)
... for reading and math was found when the non-parametric Wilcoxon test was used. For students in the primary grades, results indicated significant differences in reading and math, but not language, in comparison ...
Created on 26 September 2015
50. Direct Instruction with Special Education Students: A Review of Evaluation Research
(Publication)
... for reading and math was found when the non-parametric Wilcoxon test was used. For students in the primary grades, results indicated significant differences in reading and math, but not language in comparison ...
Created on 17 April 2015

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