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A list of current curricula by Zig and his associates is on the SRA website. These are intended primarily for schools, although SRA will deal with homeschoolers. The pricing is for the school market, not the homeschool market, and ordering procedures do not yet favor the homeschooler. Some DI materials not published by SRA are to be found elsewhere.

DI was originally developed for classroom use. Of all the elementary school curricula available today, DI has the most rigorous scientific credentials as to its effectiveness. Those who are sufficiently adept and experienced may use the DI methodology in creating additional curricula.

Siegfried Engelmann, who invented Direct Instruction, is of the firm and,
we believe, wholly justified opinion, that if DI were to be universally adopted and faithfully implemented in the schools of the United States, we would have well-nigh universal literacy and a much better educated citizenry, able to do real mathematics, not just push buttons on a McDonald’s cash register. The problems that the schools have today, in educating children, would simply not exist.

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Direct Instruction (DI)	Precision Teaching (PT)	Other Things	DIRECT INSTRUCTION (DI) “Direct Instruction” or DI, is the invention of Siegfried Engelmann, known as Zig or Ziggy to everyone who knows him. DI was developed beginning in 1964: it has a long track record of success. Originally DI was called DISTAR, for Direct Instruction System for Teaching and Remediation. Zig has as new book on the development of Direct Instruction “Teaching Needy Kids in Our Backward System, $32 regularly, $25 and autographed if you hurry, available from the publishers, the Association for Direct Instruction, http://adihome.org, at the ADI store. DI has only a small share of the entire U.S. elementary school market. Those schools that use DI properly have obtained wonderful results. DI is both curricula and method of instruction. The curricula cover mainly three R’s: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, along with some other things, such as spelling, a sixth grade American history, remedial mathematics and reading, and a beginning curriculum for pre-school and kindergarten, known as "Language for Learning," L4L.	A list of current curricula by Zig and his associates is on the SRA website. These are intended primarily for schools, although SRA will deal with homeschoolers. The pricing is for the school market, not the homeschool market, and ordering procedures do not yet favor the homeschooler. Some DI materials not published by SRA are to be found elsewhere. DI was originally developed for classroom use. Of all the elementary school curricula available today, DI has the most rigorous scientific credentials as to its effectiveness. Those who are sufficiently adept and experienced may use the DI methodology in creating additional curricula. Siegfried Engelmann, who invented Direct Instruction, is of the firm and, we believe, wholly justified opinion, that if DI were to be universally adopted and faithfully implemented in the schools of the United States, we would have well-nigh universal literacy and a much better educated citizenry, able to do real mathematics, not just push buttons on a McDonald’s cash register. The problems that the schools have today, in educating children, would simply not exist.
Some DI Links		Curricula for gifted children
Central Premise: Phonics		Other Curricula which are useful, and more inexpensive/free
100 Easy Lessons and Funnix		Computer aids to learning
Scripts		Shortcuts
Generalization and Success

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Direct Instruction (DI)

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