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Barak Rosenshine’s principles of direct instruction 3

In this final posting on the teaching and learning values of Barak Rosenshine, I shall be looking at his fifth and sixth principles of direct instruction. The fifth principle is providing enough opportunity to engage in independent practice. In regard to the teaching of literacy in the early years, I believe that many programmes, such… Continue reading Barak Rosenshine’s principles of direct instruction 3

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Barack Rosenshine’s ‘Principles of direct instruction’ – 2

Moving on from yesterday’s posting, Rosenshine’s third principle focuses on establishing connections between what is currently being learnt and what has been learnt before. In conjunction with reformulating, summarising, elaborating and so on, constantly making connections with prior learning has been shown to aid later retrieval greatly. Carefully scaffolded presentations, followed by plenty of opportunity to… Continue reading Barack Rosenshine’s ‘Principles of direct instruction’ – 2

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Barak Rosenshine’s principles of direct instruction

While in Australia, I managed to get hold of the DSF(Dyslexia -SPELD Foundation) Bulletin (Vol 46) extolling the virtues of John Hattie and Barak Rosenshine. In her piece in the Bulletin ‘Improving achievement … What does the research tell us?’ Mandy Nayton quotes from Rosenshine’s article ‘Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All teachers Should… Continue reading Barak Rosenshine’s principles of direct instruction