EBDI Professional Learning

What does Direct Instruction (DI) emphasize according to the Playbook?

• The importance of minimizing teacher involvement

• The use of unstructured lessons and flexible teaching tasks

• Well-developed and carefully planned lessons with clear instructions

• The need for students to discover knowledge independently

What is the first step in the Explicit Teaching Model as shown in the diagram?

• Presentation

• Daily Review

• Corrections and Feedback

• Guided Practice

What is the purpose of the Daily Review in the classroom?

• To introduce new topics

• To engage the whole class in activities to activate prior knowledge

• To give students a break from learning

• To assess students' homework

What is one benefit of reviewing previously taught skills?

• It helps in reducing the amount of content to be taught

• It allows for longer breaks between lessons

• It helps consolidate knowledge in long-term memory

• It enables the introduction of completely new material

What does the I Do - We Do - You Do model in the classroom involve?

• A series of steps where the teacher observes while students work independently from the start.

• A process where students lead the instruction and the teacher gradually takes over.

• A series of steps starting with teacher-led instruction and finishing with students working independently.

• A method where students work collaboratively throughout without teacher involvement.

What should a teacher do during the "I Do" stage of classroom instruction?

• Assign homework to students to practice the new concept or skill

• Explain, model, and/or demonstrate the concept or skill

• Have students work in groups to discover the concept or skill

• Give a test to assess students' understanding of the concept or skill

During the 'We do' stage, what type of feedback should teachers provide?

• Only positive feedback regardless of student performance

• Incidental feedback and gauge students' readiness to move to the next stage

• Feedback at the end of the term

• No feedback until the student asks for it

What is the role of the teacher in 'We do' procedural learning?

• To complete all the steps for the students

• To let students complete all the steps independently

• To complete some of the steps and let students complete the remaining steps

• To observe students without participating

What can moving into the You Do stage too early lead to?

• Increased self-efficacy for the types of tasks students are asked to do

• Students providing feedback on their own work

• Students guessing and lowering their self-efficacy

• Students completing tasks without any prior examples

What is the purpose of Lesson Closure?

• To introduce new content at the end of the lesson

• To provide an opportunity for a final review of the lesson and confirm learning

• To assign homework to students

• To start a new lesson