Edc-311 Di Revised
Edc-311 Di Revised
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DirectInstruction
Is about
Thismodelusedteacherdemonstrationsandexplanations,alongwithpracticeandfeedbacktohelpgivestudentsabetterunderstandingofa
proceduralskill.
Theory
UtilizesBandurasSocialCognitive
Theory.
AlsousesVygotskysSocial
Developmenttheorybyusing
scaffolding.
Adapting
1.)DevelopmentallyAppropriate
Flexibleandcanbeusedwith
cooperativelearning
Appliestoallgradelevels
2.)ExploringDiversity
Effectivewithlinguisticallydiverse
students
Providesopportunityforfocused
interactionwithstudents
SupportsStructure
3.)TechnologyandTeaching
Oneofthemostcompatiblewith
technology,especiallybasicskills.
Tutorialsareveryeffective.
Planning
IdentifyingTopics
Bestsuitedforproceduralskillssuchas
math.
SpecifyLearningObjective
Learnproceduralskillsandconcepts
Automaticityabilitytoperformtask
withoutthinking
Transferapplyknowledgetoanew
context
PrepareExamples/Problems
Exampleshelpstudentsunderstandthe
skill.
Problemsareforpractice
Motivation
Thismodelmotivatesstudentstolearn
byusingfeedbackfromtheteacherto
promotelearninganddevelopment.
Thismodelalsoencouragesstudent
participationthatgetsstudentsinvolved
inthelearningprocess.
Implememting
1.)IntroductionandReview
Gainstudentsattention.
Assesstheirbaseknowledgeofthe
subject.
2.)Presentation
Helpstudentsgainabetter
understandingoftheskill.
Givethoroughexplanations.
3.)GuidedPractice
Giveexamplestostudents.
Scaffoldwhenneeded.
Askstudentstoexplain.
4.)IndependentPractice
Practiceskillontheirown
Developautomaticity
Assessing
Straightforwardassessment
Studentsmustbeabletosolve
problemsontheirown.
Carefullyselectproblemstouseduring
yourassessment.
Usedifferentwordingtokeepstudents
frommemorizingaproceduretosolve
aproblem.
Studentsshouldshowagenuine
understandingoftheinformation.
Thismodel,whenutilizedcorrectly,willhelpstudentsgainagenuineknowledgeofthesubjectorskillandallowthemtotransferthat
knowledgetosimilarcontextsandotherproblems.Theyshouldalsodevelopautomaticity,whichwillallowthemtocompleteproblemsand
perfromtaskswithoutthinking