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Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) encompasses research-based instructional practices explored by cognitive and educational researchers. EDI is the delivery of strategically planned lessons that explicitly teach new concepts to mastery. Our teachers use EDI to teach new concepts in all learning areas.
Since 2023, our school has been fortunate to have received professional development from Joe Ybarra, a lead trainer from DataWORKS, California. At the beginning of 2024, Ybarra completed a whole school professional development day, followed by 2 in-class modelling days. DataWORKS is a US company that has developed a comprehensive EDI program for teachers based on extensive research. Their exploration includes 25,000 classroom observations, analysis of over 2 million student assignments, and implementation of EDI lessons in K-12 classrooms across all content areas. Joe has assisted with the implementation of EDI in our school and has worked closely with teachers and leaders to refine our EDI teaching methods.
EDI lessons contain eight main components for success:
Learning Objective
Activating Prior Knowledge
Concept Development
Skill Development
Guided Practice
Relevance
Closure
Periodic reviews
During EDI lessons, teachers utilise ‘engagement norms’ (TAPPLE) to motivate students and hold them accountable for their learning. Engagement Norms ensure children are doing something every minute, whether it be discussion with a partner, reading text aloud, showing responses on a whiteboard, or gesturing. These norms are designed to keep students actively engaged in their learning.
Examples of engagement norms include:
A series of higher-order questions is posed throughout the lesson.
Students 'pair-sharing’ their responses to organise ideas and allow all students to actively participate.
Calling on non-volunteers to check for understanding.
Use of individual mini-whiteboards for immediate teacher feedback;
Students are justifying their responses using academic language;
Teachers correcting responses at the point of need;
Re-teaching concepts if 80% mastery has not been achieved;
Reading and tracking the text with the teacher;
Adding actions or gestures to assist with the retention of definitions.
Explicit Direct Instruction In Action
Explicit Direct Instruction In Action
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