The Direct-Instruction Model: Variations รูปแบบการสอนโดยตรง: การเปลี่ยนแปลง
To this point in the chapter we have described the Direct-Instruction Model as a strategy for teaching concepts and skills. However, the model can also be used to teach generalizations, principles and academic rules.
In chapter 3, we said that generalizations, principles and rules are similar in that each is a relationship between concepts that describes trends or patterns in the world. Some examples include:
- People immigrate for economic reasons. (A generalization)
- A diet high in saturated fat raises a person’s cholesterol level. (A generalization)
- The greater the unbalanced force on an object, the greater the object’s acceleration. (A principle)
- A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender. (An academic rule)
- In rounding off a number, if the last digit is 5 or more, you round up, and if it is 4 or less, you round down. (An academic rule)
Generalizations, principle, and rules are similar to concepts in that they can be illustrated with examples, and high-quality examples are the key to successful learning in all cases. In this section we discuss using the Direct-Instruction Model to teach these forms of content.