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Links to more information on DI
Because nearly every child, if given the chance,
is able to learn—and to learn well.
Direct Instruction (DI)
Precision Teaching (PT)
Other Things
Association for Direct Instruction http://adihome.org
National Institute for Direct Instruction http://nifdi.org
Funnix http://funnix.com
MathMastery http://mathmastery.com
SRA Division of McGraw-Hill http://sraonline.com
Siegfried Engelmann’s site http://zigsite.com
Martin Kozloff’s list of links (some expired) http://people.uncw.edu/kozloffm/DI.html
See especially “Some Direct Instruction Curricula”
If you want to purchase Douglas Carnine’s U.S. History, in two volumes, intended for Sixth Grade schoolchildren, you have to call the University of Oregon bookstore and order it directly over the telephone. The toll-free number is 800-352-1733, or locally at 541-346-4331. The books are not listed or available on the University bookstore website.
MathMastery was initially developed for LaserDisk. It is a supplemental program which can be downloaded, for a price.
Red Sarna, of the Maine Maritime Academy, has created a program which randomly generates arithmetic problem sets, with answers, with a new set available every minute. You may want to try that before spending any money. This is not specifically a DI program.
Red Sarna’s problem sets http://seahorse.mma.edu/~sprints/
Zig’s personal site, http://zigsite.com, has a number of highly interesting and worthwhile documents, some never before published, and a video. “Hirsch’s Carge Cults Revisited, October 2002, is a good place to start.
A study of the studies which have been
made over the years of the effectiveness
of Direct Instruction (a meta-analysis):
Research on direct instruction:
25 years beyond DISTAR,
by Gary L. Adams and S. Engelmann,
Publisher, Seattle WA:
Educational Achievement System, ©1996
ISBN 0675210143 9780675210140
OCLC 37500912
This can be found in many university libraries.
Enter your zip code and find the closest library at:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37500912&referer=brief_results