* DISTAR, a method of direct instruction for teaching reading

It uses the Direct Instruction ( DI ) teaching method, which was originally developed by Engelmann and Wesley C. Becker.

* Direct Instruction, an instructional method focused on a systematic curriculum design

* Direct Instruction

Direct Instruction ( DI ) is an instructional method that is focused on systematic curriculum design and skillful implementation of a prescribed behavioral script.

Direct Instruction was originally developed in the 1960s by Siegfried Engelmann and the late Wesley C. Becker of the University of Oregon, and it was the subject of an extensive federally-funded research and implementation program called Project Follow Through.

Direct Instruction has been effectively delivered through peers to students with learning disabilities.

In the past decade Direct Instruction curricula, especially Language for Learning, have become popular tools for teaching language arts skills to children with developmental disabilities such as autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

Knowledge of Direct Instruction methods is mandatory for any applicant aspiring to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst ( BCBA ).

The study, headed by Randall Ryder, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education, also found that teachers felt the most highly scripted method, known as Direct Instruction ( DI ), should be used in limited situations, not as the primary method of teaching students to read.

) Direct Instruction is widely and successfully used with students from every population segment ( with regard to poverty, culture, and race ).

Today, many of the Bureau of Indian Affair's highest-performing schools use Direct Instruction materials.

These schools have shown strong achievement gains using Direct Instruction ( Rebar, 2007 ).

John Hattie's Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement ( 2009 ) summarizes the results of four meta-analyses that examined Direct Instruction.

Direct Instruction is recognized as one of two effective models of comprehensive school reform ( see the federal government's site on Comprehensive School Reform ) ( See http :// www. csrq. org / CSRQreportselementaryschoolreport. asp ) and in many cases, can be integrated into a tiered model system to address students will developing problems.

The findings from Project Follow Through, conducted in a variety of communities throughout the United States, conclude that Direct Instruction is the most effective model for teaching academic skills and for affective outcomes ( e. g., self-esteem of children ).

Currently, Direct Instruction is one of the few curriculums that have been scientifically validated to be effective for use in the Response to Intervention model, which has been proposed as an alternative method of diagnosing learning disabilities in schools.

A critical review of Randall Ryder's report of Direct Instruction reading in two Wisconsin school districts.

* Journal of Direct Instruction, 4 *( 2 ), 111-127.

Direct Instruction: Is It the Most Effective Science Teaching Strategy ?, NSTA Web News Digest, 15 December 2004.

Academic acceleration in first grade using the Direct Instruction model.

* National Institute for Direct Instruction

* Association for Direct Instruction

* Educational Resources web site: A Professional Staff Development Company Specializing in Direct Instruction Implementations

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Direct Registration System ( DRS ) is a method of recording shares of stock in book-entry form.

Norman " Direct Manipulation Interfaces " in User Centered System Design.

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Later IBM introduced the 7094 / 7044 Direct Coupled System, using data channel to data channel communication, with the 7094 primarily performing computations and the 7044 performing I / O operations.

These controls may be then further augmented by new control media such as head pointing with a Helmet Mounted Sighting System or Direct Voice Input ( DVI ).

The ultimate model was the Direct Coupled System ( DCS ) consisting of a 7094 linked to a 7044 that handled input and output operations.

Later, the data channels were used to connect an 7094 and a 7044 to form the IBM 7094 / 7044 Direct Coupled System ( DCS ).

British Satellite Broadcasting won the fifteen-year franchise in December 1986 to operate the Direct Broadcasting by Satellite System over four rival bids with a licence to operate three channels.

* Card Translator System formerly used in Direct distance dialing

* Direct Rendering Infrastructure, in computing, an interface used in the X Window System

It ran the VME operating systems, and supported emulation of both the earlier architectures ( 1900 Series and System 4 ), either standalone ( DME, Direct Machine Environment ) or concurrently with native-mode operation ( CME, Concurrent Machine Environment ).

* Amar L., Barak A. and Shiloh A., The MOSIX Direct File System Access Method for Supporting Scalable Cluster File Systems.

It chose to become an independent school in 1976 after the Labour government abolished the Direct Grant System.

The IBM 2311 Direct Access Storage Facility was introduced in 1964 for use throughout the System / 360 series.

The IBM 3330 Direct Access Storage Facility, code-named Merlin, was introduced in June 1970 for use with the IBM System / 370 and the IBM System 360 / 195.

The IBM 3340 Direct Access Storage Facility, code-named Winchester, was introduced in March 1973 for use with IBM System / 370.

The IBM 3350 Direct Access Storage Facility, code-named Madrid, was introduced in 1975 for use with IBM System / 370.

IBM introduced the IBM 3370 Direct Access Storage Device in January 1979 for its for IBM 4331, 4341, and System / 38 midrange computers.

* " System Direct Memory Access ", a linux kernel module and userspace library for accessing DMA using some processors made by Texas Instruments.

* Direct output of reports to CSV, HTML, PCL, PDF, PostScript, RTF, XML, and more using Output Delivery System.

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It has NDIS ( Nissan Direct Ignition System ) and CVTC with hydraulic actuation on the intake cam and electromagnetic on the exhaust cam.

Users dial an escape code ( usually a single digit ; often the same as the first digit of the local emergency telephone number ) that connects them to an outside line ( DDCO or Direct Dial Central Office in Bell System jargon ), followed by the external number.