DIRECT Instruction works. And I’d never send my own child to a school that uses it. That may seem like a paradox. But the picture becomes clearer once you have a sense of what Direct ...

Sure, we think Direct Instruction looks like a really good method, but we’re not wedded to it. We’re perfectly happy if other evidence comes up to show that some other method works better.

Two groups of scholars look at the same body of research and come to opposite conclusions on which are the most effective teaching strategies. One says the evidence for inquiry is weak. The other camp ...

SOME will see it as educational shock therapy, out of kilter with the fad of “child-centred” learning, but the Direct Instruction method of teaching is getting results. Teachers unions and ...