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Systematic Instruction is:
• Systematic instruction is an evidence-based method for teaching individuals with
disabilities that incorporates the principles of applied behavior analysis and allows
educators to teacher a wide range of skills.
• It is the process of breaking down into individual components for students and
identifying the appropriate teaching method that allows for students to fully comprehend
the instruction about a new skill or learning objective.
• Systematic teaching refers to maximizing the effectiveness of instruction and includes
the effective teacher presentation using PASS and SCREAM variables.
• Systematic instruction breaks down exactly how a skill will be taught into discrete
steps that students will follow.
• Students can be directed to follow these steps using explicit instruction.
• It builds on prior knowledge and moves from the simplest concepts or skills to more
complex ones.
3 Key Components of Systematic Instruction
• Measurable learning goals (IEP Goals)
• Sequence lessons (least difficult content to most difficult content; most used content to
least used content)
• Structured lessons (teach the individual steps relating them to prior learning and then
bring everything together as a whole)
Systematic vs. Explicit Instruction
Systematic and Explicit Instruction go hand in hand.
Systematic instruction involves breaking lessons and activities into sequential,
manageable steps that progress from simple to more complex concepts and
skills.
• scaffolding and organized lesson points
• includes PASS/ SCREAM.
• targeted to students who have disabilities (Tier 3)
Explicit instruction involves overtly teaching each step through teacher modeling
and many examples.
• follows the steps: I do, we do, you do.
• breaks down complex skills/concepts into smaller chunks.
• used at all tiers
Steps to Implementing Systematic Instruction
1. Define the instructional objective. Review previous knowledge to assist working
through a chain of steps to complete a skill.
2. Choose an appropriate teaching/prompting strategy and materials.
3. Determine the data collection method to observe student progress.
4. Implement the instructional strategy and collect data.
5. Evaluate your data to determine if the strategy used was effective toward the
academic progress of students.
6. Refine the process and make decisions based on data.