Explicit Direct Instruction, Edi Book

Acknowledgments v

About the Authors vii

1 Students Say, "I Can Do It!" 1

2 What Is Effective Instruction? Are Some Approaches Better Than Others? 7

3 Checking for Understanding (CFU): Verifying That Students Are Learning 15

4 Learning Objective: Establishing What Is Going to Be Taught 51

5 Activating Prior Knowledge: Connecting to What Students Already Know 81

6 Delivering Information to Students: Explaining, Modeling, and Demonstrating 99

7 Concept Development, Skill Development, and Lesson Importance: Presenting Content 113

8 Guided Practice: Working Together With All Students 171

9 Closing the Lesson: One Final Check 187

10 Moving to Independent Practice: Having Students Work by Themselves 203

11 Putting It All Together: Creating Well-Crafted Lessons 209

Resources: What the Research Says 243

References 251

Index 259