Overview of Direct Instruction

• What are the five phases of a direct instruction lesson?
• What are the learner outcomes of a direct instruction lesson?
• What type of learning environment is best for a direct instruction lesson?

Theoretical and Empirical Support

• What are the primary features of behaviorism?
• What is the critical feature of social learning theory?
• What characterizes the methods of processproduct research?
• How do most processproduct researchers define achievement?

Planning and Conducting Direct Instruction Lessons

• What are the major planning tasks associated with a direct instruction lesson?
• Why is task analysis an important planning tool for some types of direct instruction lessons?
• What are the five phases of a direct instruction lesson? What kinds of teaching behaviors are associated with each phase?
• What are the major factors teachers should consider when they assign guided practice? Independent practice?
• Summarize the guidelines for effective feedback.

Managing the Learning Environment

• If you observed a direct instruction, what kind of learning environment would you likely find?
• What kinds of assessments are best to measure mastery of direct instruction objective?