Direct instruction is very effective as is produces rapid and automatic responses. It is used for teaching facts, rules and action sequences. It is very limited to learning units of the content that is being taught so it can be remembered. It is also composed of parts of the content that have to be learned as a whole. This instruction is the one most people have been exposed to; memorizing the information to pass the test. This is the memorization method instead of understanding the information.
Indirect instruction has multiple right answers. In this type of instruction, "not all responses are desired outcomes have to be identical to the content being taught" (292). It is used for teaching concepts, inquiry, and problem solving. Learners acquire a behavior indirectly by transforming it into a meaningful response from the content that is being presented and previous student responses. This is where the students are able to express themselves and think their minds. It is where discussions come into place in order for further understanding of a concept. It definitely gives the students more freedom into expanding their way of thinking and sharing their opinions.
Both of these instructions help students learn and understand the information that they need to know. While some teachers are biased towards a specific type of instruction, there needs to be a good balance between these methods in order to get the maximum result. Do you have a preference to a type of instruction?
- Anna de la Garza
Borich, G.D.(2014). "Ch 10 Teaching Strategies for Indirect
Instruction." Effective Teaching Methods:Research-based
Practice. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, 2014. 292-93.Print.
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