Teaching Complex Skills Without Overwhelming Students

i felt like the advocates of explicit instruction had the upper hand in terms of evidence. While good constructivis education might be achievable by excellent teachers with bright students, direct instruction seems a more reasonable approach for wide scale public education. Numbe five ten steps to complex learning by geron van merenborg and paul kerchner. The basic strategy outline is to organize the culum based on real world task categories. Within each category, instructors provide structured guidance that lessens over time until the student can perform the full range of tasks without problems.