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Although it's not an article on DI, a recent feature in the Wall Street Journal titled "Practice Makes Perfect -- And Not Just for Jocks and Musicians" provides some good support of DI program practices, such as:
You can find the article here.
On Friday, Tony Abbott visited the Aurukun campus of the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in western Cape York to see the impressive results the school is achieving through Direct Instruction (DI) with support from the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI). Mr. Abbott was at the school, along with a group of senior business leaders, volunteering for a “working bee” – a sweat equity project that targeted improving the school library. But, this wasn’t the only appeal to visiting Aurukun. Abbott had the chance to see what he describes as a “transformed school” from his visit just three years earlier where DI has delivered “staggering results”.