In a message dated 2/20/2009 7:44:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
what does the independent research say about Direct Instruction programs Elisa, I did some research on this exact question in my dissertation. I could write about it for hours (actually I did!), but what I found in a very limited nutshell, was that in kindergarten intervention students, DI works teaching children to decode. It did not make a difference in comprehension. In first grade intervention students, writing workshop worked just as well as DI in teaching children to decode and that the children also became better writers! I did a lot of reading of the research Amy cited, Project Follow Through, and it had some major flaws. DI people rely heavily on Follow Through research, which is now over 40 years old. Nancy **************Need a job? Find an employment agency near you. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000003) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
