Explicit Direct Instruction helps all studentsExplicit Direct Instruction (EDI), an approach to learning based on the best research available, helps teachers deliver effective lessons that can significantly improve achievement for all learners, including English language learners and students with special needs.
EDI was developed by DataWORKS founders, Dr. Silvia Ybarra and John Hollingsworth. EDI focuses on improving education at the lesson level by incorporating a strategic collection of instructional practices from the work of educational and cognitive researchers such as Hattie, Rosenshine, Hunter, Sousa, and Marzano.
Explicit Direct Instruction helps all studentsExplicit Direct Instruction (EDI), an approach to learning based on the best research available, helps teachers deliver effective lessons that can significantly improve achievement for all learners, including English language learners and students with special needs.
EDI was developed by DataWORKS founders, Dr. Silvia Ybarra and John Hollingsworth. EDI focuses on improving education at the lesson level by incorporating a strategic collection of instructional practices from the work of educational and cognitive researchers such as Hattie, Rosenshine, Hunter, Sousa, and Marzano.
Get an overview of brain research. We explain how the human brain learns and stores information. This helps teachers understand the importance of the lesson delivery strategies in EDI.
Practice with Student Engagement Norms. DataWORKS Engagement Norms are used in thousands of classrooms around the world because they work. They include eight strategies that actually keep students engaged and actively participating in every lesson.
Review how you Check for Understanding and take it to the next level. Most teachers know how to ask questions and call on students for responses. But are teachers asking the right questions to the right students? EDI has a few simple tips to help teachers ask powerful, probing questions to non-volunteers that will change the culture of the classroom and accurately assess learning in real-time.
Gain an in-depth look at the vital components of an EDI lesson. Why must every lesson have a Concept Development, strategic steps, and rule of two? EDI proves that, with Common Core assessments, these components are more important than ever.
Put it all together with coaching and feedback from an expert in EDI. Our trainers will demonstrate the strategies covered in the workshop, and then participants will be asked to immediately practice them in small groups. This leads to increased teacher retention of the strategies learned during the training.
Get an overview of brain research. We explain how the human brain learns and stores information. This helps teachers understand the importance of the lesson delivery strategies in EDI.
Practice with Student Engagement Norms. DataWORKS Engagement Norms are used in thousands of classrooms around the world because they work. They include eight strategies that actually keep students engaged and actively participating in every lesson.
Checking for UnderstandingReview how you Check for Understanding and take it to the next level. Most teachers know how to ask questions and call on students for responses. But are teachers asking the right questions to the right students? EDI has a few simple tips to help teachers ask powerful, probing questions to non-volunteers that will change the culture of the classroom and accurately assess learning in real-time.
Gain an in-depth look at the vital components of an EDI lesson. Why must every lesson have a Concept Development, strategic steps, and rule of two? EDI proves that, with Common Core assessments, these components are more important than ever.
Put it all together with coaching and feedback from an expert in EDI. Our trainers will demonstrate the strategies covered in the workshop, and then participants will be asked to immediately practice them in small groups. This leads to increased teacher retention of the strategies learned during the training.
The hardest thing for teachers is trying to meet the needs of every student while being responsible for the whole class. There’s just not enough time to differentiate or scaffold as it’s called. But it has to be done! So, we believe the key is to plan for the success of every student before the lesson, during the lesson, and after the lesson. Then, the hard job of helping every student succeed becomes easier -- and actually very effective. In reality, differentiation and scaffolding strategies overlap, but they have the same ultimate goal: increasing student success.
Neither of these skill sets can insure a successful outcome on its own, but when combined, these two skill sets have proven to dramatically improve learning for some of the most diverse students in some of the most challenging classrooms around the world.
Congratulations DATAWORKS! A colleague of mine is super impressed with a new teacher she has employed who came from one of the WA schools you worked in last year. I am a Board Member at this Perth school and I watched the teacher in action yesterday. The impact of your instruction is apparent watching her teach! What a significant effect you are having on Australian educators.
EDI is very concrete. You can walk into a classroom and recognize it right away. It enables us to give much better feedback to teachers.
I scoured the Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) book. I flagged page after page because what I was reading made so much sense to me. In fact, it was a little depressing. I had been a classroom teacher for ten years and was unaware of many of the EDI strategies.
Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) The Power of the Well-Crafted, Well-Taught LessonThis teacher-friendly book presents step-by-step guidelines for implementing the Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) method to deliver effective lessons that can significantly improve teaching, learning, and ultimately test scores.
The authors provide detailed sample lessons and scenarios that illustrate EDI techniques in the classroom. Teachers at all grade levels can deliver solid instruction by implementing the components of EDI: Checking for understanding; setting lesson objectives; activating prior knowledge; developing students’ skills by explaining, modeling, and demonstrating; presenting content; using guided practice.
