Volume 1 | Number 1 | Winter 2001

Introducing the Journal of Direct Instruction

Memorial Service for Wesley C. Becker held at the Eugene Unitarian Church

Wesley C. Becker: A Founding Father

Wesley C. Becker, Esquire

Rules, Praise, and Ignoring: Elements of Classroom Control

Wesley Becker, the Man

Teaching Reading and Language to the Disadvantaged—What We Have Learned from Research

Remembering Wes Becker (1928-2000)

Follow-up of Follow Through: The Later Effects of the Direct Instruction Model

Volume 1 | Number 2 | Summer 2001

A Survey of Levels of Supervisory Support and Maintenance of Effects Reported by Educators

A Comparison of Curriculum-Specified Reading Checkout Timings and Daily 1-Minute Timings

Best Practices in Spelling Instruction: A Research Summary

What Research Tells Us About Writing Instruction For Students in the Middle Grades

The Association Between a Home Reading Program and Young Children’s Early Reading Skill

What Reading Does for the Mind

Volume 2 | Number 1| Winter 2002 

From the Editor

Student Gains in a Privately Managed Network of Charter Schools Using Direct Instruction

Teaching Fractions to Middle-School Students

Marie Keel: A Remembrance

Using Reasoning and Writing With Gifted Fifth-Grade Students

Using Reasoning and Writing to Teach Writing Skills to Students With Learning Disabilities

Making the Most of Instructional Time: Teaching Reading at an Accelerated Rate to Students At Risk

Volume 2 | Number 2 | Summer 2002

The Effects of the Language for Learning Program on the Receptive Language Skills of Kindergarten Children

Effects of a 15-Week Language for Learning Implementation With Children in an Integrated Preschool

An Analysis of the Reading Mastery Program: Effective Components and Research Review

Systematic Phonics Instruction Helps Students Learn to Read: Evidence from the National Reading Panel's Meta-Analysis

Volume 3 | Number 1 | Winter 2003 

The Effects of the Horizons Reading Program and Prior Phonological Awareness Training on the Reading

The Effects of Repeated Readings on Student Performance in the Corrective Reading Program

Early Exposure to Direct Instruction and Subsequent Juvenile Delinquency: A Prospective Examination

Volume 3 | Number 2 | Summer 2003

The Components of Direct Instruction

Evaluation of Direct Instruction Implementations

Managing Classroom Behavior

Volume 4 | Number 1 | Winter 2004

Education Reform in Mathematics: A History Ignored?

A Coherent Curriculum The Case of Mathematics

A Comparison of Spiral Versus Strand Curriculum

Mathematics Curriculum Evaluation Framework

Direct Instruction Mathematics Programs: An Overview and Research Summary

Teaching Basic Math Skills to Preschoolers Using Connecting Math Concepts Level K

Effects of a High School-Based PeerDelivered Corrective Mathematics Program

Volume 4 | Number 2 | Summer 2004 

A Critical Review of Randall Ryder’s Report of Direct Instruction Reading in Two Wisconsin School

The Effects of Beginning Reading Instruction in the Horizons Reading Program on the Reading Skills of Third and Fourth Graders

A Comparison of Reading Mastery Fast Cycle and Horizons Fast Track A-B on the Reading Achievement of

Training a Paraprofessional to Implement Spelling Mastery and Examining Its Effectiveness for Students with Learning Disabilities

Teaching Letter-Sound Correspondence to Students With Moderate Intellectual Disabilities

Curriculum Influences on Growth in Early Reading Fluency for Students With Academic and Behavioral Risks: A Descriptive Study

Effects of Corrective Reading in a Residential Treatment Facility for Adjudicated Youth

Analyzing Beginning and Adolescent Reading Programs: Exploring Issues of Content, Coherence, and Assesment

Book Review of Inferred Functions of Performance and Learning: by Siegfried Engelmann and Donald Ste

Volume 5 | Winter 2005 

Special Education and Direct Instruction: An Effective Combination

An Analysis of Corrective Reading Research

The Effects of the Corrective Reading Decoding Program on the Basic Reading Skills and Social Adjustment of Students With High Incidence Disabilities

Language for Writing Program Evaluation

Effects of Two Instructional Paces of Pre-K Childrens Participation Rate, Behavior in the Language for Learning Program

Volume 6 | Winter 2006

Teaching Spelling to Students With Learning Disabilities: A Comparison of Rule-Based Strategies Versus Traditional Instruction

A Comparison of Teacher Attitudes and Beliefs About Issues in Education Across Conventional and Dire

Using the Expressive Writing Program to Improve the Writing Skills of High School Students With Learning Disabilities

Effects of a Three-Tier Strategic Model of Intensifying Instruction Using a Research-based Core reading Program in Grades K-3

Enhancing Reading Mastery Programs Using Explicit Reading to Learn Formats

Volume 7 | Winter 2007

Relative Impact of Remedial Reading Instruction of the Basic Reading Skills of Students with Emotional Disturbance and Learning Disabilities

The Effects of Combining Repeated Reading with Reading Mastery on First Graders Oral Reading Fluency

Assessing the Effects of the Reading Success Level B Program with Fifth-grade Students at a Title I

Student-Program Alignment and Teaching to Mastery

Volume 8 | Winter 2008

Broadening the Institutional Value of Direct Instruction Implemented in a Low-SES Elementary School:Implications for Scale-Up and School Reform

The Effect of the Intensity of Spelling Instruction of Elementary Students At Risk for School Failur

The Effects of Reading Mastery Plus on the Beginning Reading Skills of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Assessing the Effects of Corrective Reading Decoding B1 with a High School Student with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Case Study