DISTAR

Evaluación | Biopsicología | Comparativo | Cognitivo | Del desarrollo | Idioma | Diferencias individuales | Personalidad | Filosofía | Social | Métodos | Estadística | Clínico | Educativo | Industrial | Artículos profesionales | Psicología mundial | Psicología de la Educación: Assessment · Issues · Theory & research · Techniques · Techniques X subject · Special Ed. · Pastoral DISTAR is an acronym for Direct Instruction System for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading, a trademarked program of SRA/McGraw-Hill, a commercial publishing company. The program is used particularly for historically disadvantaged and/or at-risk students. DISTAR has been rebranded by SRA/McGraw-Hill as Reading Mastery. Direct instruction is one of several highly structured methodologies for teaching elementary, middle and high school students. Siegfried Engelmann, a professor at the University of Oregon, created the Direct Instruction model. See also Approaches to reading education External links Association for Direct Instruction National Institute for Direct Instruction SRA/McGraw-Hill Web site