Introduction to Direct Instruction

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Summary: Great book full of resources
Review: This is a wonderful introduction to Direct Instruction - one of the most effective methods of teaching ever created. I used Direct Instruction in a 6th grade classroom where half of the students couldn't read 3 and 4 letter words. By the end of the year, my students were reading like 5th graders, 120 words a minute.

This book gives a teacher or parent the tools to apply Direct Instruction to many different forms of learning. It talks about how to use the idea of Direct Instruction and apply it in many different forms.

The only problem for parents, is after you read the book and want to buy some of the programs . . . most of them are only available to credentialed teachers. (...)
Overall this is a great book for people who want an overview of Direct Instruction and I would highly recommend it to educators, principals and parents who want to understand the theory behind DI.