Direct instruction is a simple, powerful, and effective instructional approach that increases student engagement rates. This instructional approach originated from the 1960s and is utilized to teach students who are “at-risk” at the Bereiter-Engelmann Preschool, at the University of Illinois (Heward & Twyman, 2021).  According to William L. Heward, “direct instruction (DI) is a combination … Continue reading BLOG #2