Hi Frankie!

I really enjoyed your description of direct instruction and I appreciate your recognition that it may not be best suited for your topic. I love direct instruction’s emphasis on “meeting students at their skill level, and emphasizing mastery of the basics”. While I understand not really beneficial for many other skills, such as problem solving or critical thinking, the basics are so important in building foundational knowledge.

It’s truly engaging to see the way all these instructional styles can cascade and work together by recognizing the strengths of different approaches.

Thank you for sharing what you have found!