fwd: New study about Direct Instruction
[email protected] Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:21:49 EDT
| Newsgroups | gmane.psychology.behavior-analysis |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
--part1_93.1ba723a1.29eefb1d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en http://edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=3D31direct.h21 http://www.csos.jhu.edu/default1.htm Subj: di: New study about DI =20 Date: 04/17/2002 11:52:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time =20 From: <A HREF=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> =20 To: <A HREF=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> =20 Sent from the Internet (Details) =20 The piece below, appeared in this week's issue of Education Week=20 ( http://edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=3D31direct.h21 ). It cites a new=20 study=20 about DI, that appears in the April 2002 issue of JESPAR (The Journal of=20 Education for Students Placed at Risk), which is a part of the Center for th= e=20 Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. =20 Here=20 is the web link to the Johns Hopkins program, though I can't seem to find th= e=20 study on-line yet: http://www.csos.jhu.edu/default1.htm Maybe some folks on the list can tell us how to get our hands on the study,=20 and=20 impressions of the findings? Thanks. Lynn Harbinson email: [email protected] Studies Cite Learning Gains In Direct Instruction Schools By Debra Viadero=20 Schools using Direct Instruction, a teaching method sometimes criticized for= =20 its tightly scripted teaching lessons, are generally seeing gains in student= =20 learning, according to a new package of studies that tracked the program in=20 Florida, Maryland, and Texas.=20 The studies, published this month in the Journal of Education for Students=20 Placed at Risk, are important, experts said, because they represent the firs= t=20 published empirical research on the program, or adaptations of it, in more=20 than=20 a decade. They look at districts in four locations=E2=80=94Baltimore; Broward County,=20= Fla.;=20 Fort=20 Worth, Texas; and Houston=E2=80=94in which anywhere from six to 30 schools b= egan=20 using=20 the program in the 1990s. "Direct Instruction is a powerful tool, and educators have a right to know=20 it's=20 out there. Some may choose it and some may not," said Muriel V. Berkeley, th= e=20 president of the Baltimore Curriculum Project, a nonprofit group supporting=20 efforts to put the program in place in 16 schools in that city.=20 As promising as the test-score gains look, however, commentators on both the= =20 pro and con sides of the debate over the controversial school improvement=20 program said they are not the last word on the program's effectiveness. The findings are inconclusive, educators said, for a variety of reasons. In=20 Broward County, results were hard to disentangle because the program was=20 combined with other educational innovations. Other studies either focused=20 only=20 on the early elementary grades or looked at programs that were not=20 implemented=20 as faithfully as program developers might have hoped, experts said. "We do the best we can with what we've got, and we don't give up because we=20 don't have perfect studies," said Martha Abele Mac Iver, who helped edit the= =20 special issue and was a co-author of one of the studies in it. Developed more than 30 years ago by Sigfried Engelmann, Direct Instruction i= s=20 used in thousands of schools nationwide. It is one of only a handful of=20 comprehensive school reform models cited for having a solid research base.=20 Critics up until now, however, have complained that many of the studies were= =20 old. ("A Direct Challenge," March 17, 1999.) forwarded by Dr. David Feeney [email protected] Director of Digital Education, http://foxonline.temple.edu FOX School of Business & Management, http://sbm.temple.edu Temple University, http://www.temple.edu 300 Speakman Hall 215-204-2727 office 215-204-5698 fax --part1_93.1ba723a1.29eefb1d_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">http://edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=3D31direct.h21<= BR> http://www.csos.jhu.edu/default1.htm<BR> <BR> Subj: <B>di: New study about DI </B> <BR> Date: 04/17/2002 11:52:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time <BR> From: <A HREF=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> <BR> To: <A HREF=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> <BR> <I>Sent from the Internet (Details)</I> <BR> <BR> The piece below, appeared in this week's issue of Education Week <BR> ( http://edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=3D31direct.h21 ). It cites a=20= new study <BR> about DI, that appears in the April 2002 issue of JESPAR (The Journal of <BR= > Education for Students Placed at Risk), which is a part of the Center for th= e <BR> Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.&nbs= p; Here <BR> is the web link to the Johns Hopkins program, though I can't seem to find th= e <BR> study on-line yet:<BR> <BR> http://www.csos.jhu.edu/default1.htm<BR> <BR> Maybe some folks on the list can tell us how to get our hands on the study,=20= and <BR> impressions of the findings? Thanks.<BR> <BR> Lynn Harbinson<BR> email: [email protected]<BR> <BR> Studies Cite Learning Gains<BR> In Direct Instruction Schools<BR> <BR> By Debra Viadero <BR> <BR> Schools using Direct Instruction, a teaching method sometimes criticized for= <BR> its tightly scripted teaching lessons, are generally seeing gains in student= <BR> learning, according to a new package of studies that tracked the program in=20= <BR> Florida, Maryland, and Texas. <BR> <BR> The studies, published this month in the Journal of Education for Students <= BR> Placed at Risk, are important, experts said, because they represent the firs= t <BR> published empirical research on the program, or adaptations of it, in more t= han <BR> a decade.<BR> <BR> They look at districts in four locations=E2=80=94Baltimore; Broward County,=20= Fla.; Fort <BR> Worth, Texas; and Houston=E2=80=94in which anywhere from six to 30 schools b= egan using <BR> the program in the 1990s.<BR> <BR> "Direct Instruction is a powerful tool, and educators have a right to know i= t's <BR> out there. Some may choose it and some may not," said Muriel V. Berkeley, th= e <BR> president of the Baltimore Curriculum Project, a nonprofit group supporting=20= <BR> efforts to put the program in place in 16 schools in that city. <BR> <BR> As promising as the test-score gains look, however, commentators on both the= <BR> pro and con sides of the debate over the controversial school improvement <B= R> program said they are not the last word on the program's effectiveness.<BR> <BR> The findings are inconclusive, educators said, for a variety of reasons. In=20= <BR> Broward County, results were hard to disentangle because the program was <BR= > combined with other educational innovations. Other studies either focused on= ly <BR> on the early elementary grades or looked at programs that were not implement= ed <BR> as faithfully as program developers might have hoped, experts said.<BR> <BR> "We do the best we can with what we've got, and we don't give up because we=20= <BR> don't have perfect studies," said Martha Abele Mac Iver, who helped edit the= <BR> special issue and was a co-author of one of the studies in it.<BR> <BR> Developed more than 30 years ago by Sigfried Engelmann, Direct Instruction i= s <BR> used in thousands of schools nationwide. It is one of only a handful of <BR> comprehensive school reform models cited for having a solid research base. <= BR> Critics up until now, however, have complained that many of the studies were= <BR> old. ("A Direct Challenge," March 17, 1999.)<BR> <BR> forwarded by<BR> <BR> Dr. David Feeney<BR> [email protected]<BR> Director of Digital Education, http://foxonline.temple.edu<BR> FOX School of Business & Management, http://sbm.temple.edu<BR> Temple University, http://www.temple.edu<BR> 300 Speakman Hall<BR> 215-204-2727 office<BR> 215-204-5698 fax</FONT></HTML> --part1_93.1ba723a1.29eefb1d_boundary--