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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...