Martha E. Casazza, Using a Model of Direct Instruction to Teach Summary Writing in a College Reading Class, Journal of Reading, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Nov., 1993), pp. 202-208 ...

The results of the 17 retrieved studies show that in most classrooms, only little direct strategy instruction took place. Nevertheless, some teachers provided their students with learning environments ...

Five educators share instructional strategies for engaging and effective grammar instruction.

In the best examples of direct instruction, the teacher does not stand to the side but rather models for students how to move from one level of understanding to the next.

The evidence is clear: direct instruction in classrooms works Rather than letting teachers teach, states and territories are delivering social constructivist pedagogies that leave students behind.