“The Project Follow Through evidence contradicts this, but we should remember Project Follow Through was only done in grades K-3. You can get great results on problem-solving measures in those grades just be being the best at teaching kids to read!”
The comments on Becky Allen’s brilliant post are a treasure trove.
I think this post helps to explain two phenomena about Direct Instruction: first, why it never expanded into secondary-level content, and second, why so many teachers feel instinctually averse to the DI approach. At higher levels (and in content-rich classes like history and science, where DI has never done much at all), the questions ab…
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