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Welcome to Module 4 in SPED 461 Specially Designed Instruction! In this fourth module, we will learn how to teach formats in the Reading Mastery curriculum. Specifically, you will focus on learning to follow a Direct Instruction script, teach with adequate pacing, and use signals correctly to elicit group responses. You will also learn how to gather progress monitoring data and use these data to make decisions in the DBI process.

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At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Describe the research base for Direct Instruction.
Describe the history and controversy around Direct Instruction.
Teach commonly used teaching formats for the Reading Mastery program.
Deliver scripted instruction with fidelity, focusing on following the script, using adequate pacing, and signaling group responses.
Describe the data-based individualization process.
Describe how to make data-based instructional decisions.
Describe processes for collecting and analyzing progress monitoring data and diagnostic assessment data.
Describe how to use these data to make instructional adaptations.

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Below is an outline of the items for which you will be responsible throughout the module.

Task

Activity

Due Date

Module Learning Objective Alignment

Read/Watch

Complete the following early in the week.

Read:

Engelmann, S. (2007). Student-program alignment and teaching to mastery. Journal of Direct Instruction, 7(1), 45-66. Retrieved from https://www.nifdi.org/docman/suggested-reading/white-papers-by-zig/900-student-program-alignment-and-teaching-to-mastery-by-siegfried-engelmann/file.htmlLinks to an external site.
Stockard, J., Wood, T. W., Coughlin, C., & Khoury, C. R. (2018). The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research. Review of Educational Research, 88(4), 479–507. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654317751919
Tarver, S. G. (1998). Myths and truths about Direct Instruction. Effective School Practices, 17(1), 18-22. Retrieved from https://www.nifdi.org/docman/community-advocates-for-di/930-myths-and-truths-about-direct-instruction-tarver-1998/file.htmlLinks to an external site.

Watch:

Please watch this video about the impact of DI instruction:

Please watch this video on the research base for Direct Instruction:

Please watch this video on individual learning styles:

Please watch this video on the role of rote learning:

Sunday

1, 2

Participate

Attend and participate in the Tuesday Zoom meeting.
Attend and participate in the Thursday Zoom meeting.

Tuesday and Thursday

3, 4

Submit

Format Practice/Pacing Assignment. Submit NLT 23:59 PST on Sunday.
Signal Practice Assignment. Submit NLT 23:59 PST on Sunday.
Quiz - IRIS Center Intensive Intervention (Part 2): Collecting and Analyzing Data for Data-Based Individualization Module. Submit NLT 23:59 PST on Sunday.

Sunday

3-8