1. The Association for Direct Instruction  is a non-profit organization located in Eugene, Oregon, dedicated to dissemination of information on effective, research-proven practices for schools. This site contains information about this organization and about the practice of direct instruction.

2. Direct Instruction Makes A Comeback  This site tells how direct instruction is being reintroduced in some schools, replacing the failed fads of whole language and whole math. Teachers who have used direct instruction and those who have observed classrooms where it is employed are excited by the results.

3. Centre for Direct Instruction  This site gives some information from the Centre for Direct Instruction, which served children from 1976 to 1998. Students were provided with direct instruction and remediation in the areas of Reading, Spelling, Language and Arithmetic. It also contains links related to direct instruction.

4. What is Direct Instruction?  The goal of Direct Instruction is to accelerate learning by maximizing efficiency in the design and delivery of instruction. Many are familiar with the rapid pacing and choral group response punctuated by individual turns that characterize the delivery of a Direct Instruction lesson. Few are aware of the design, the heart of which is a complex theory of generalization.

5. Direct Instruction and Learning Disabilities  This site is an article entitled,  "Using direct instruction to integrate reading and writing for students with learning disabilities" written by M.M. Gleason in 1995 and published in Reading & Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Disabilities.

This webpage was created by Kelly Hamilton for PSY 306 at Freed-Hardeman University.