ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by describing and defining explicit instruction followed by a list of key instructional behaviors or elements that make instruction "explicit." Explicit instruction is comprised of a group of research-supported instructional elements used in concert to design and deliver instruction in ways that provide sufficient support needed by students to successfully engage during an explicit lesson. Over the past several decades, a substantial amount of research has been published providing support for a direct and explicit approach to teaching. A lesson's opening includes ensuring students are ready to learn the new content, a brief preview of what is to be learned, and why the content is important to learn. Explicit instruction and the instructional elements that compose it have a strong research support that is based on how students learn. The chapter ends with a discussion of the explicit instruction element, "Provide Purposeful Practice," along with descriptions of how to implement three effective practice strategies.
