Instructional Model

Manorvale Primary School adopts EDI (Explicit Direct Instruction) as its core pedagogical approach; its way to teach each lesson. EDI is a specific teaching approach that emphasises clarity, structure, and teacher-led guidance in the learning process. The primary goal of EDI is to make information explicit and directly instruct students on the essential skills and knowledge they need to acquire. The effective promotion of student understanding and mastery of concepts occurs when educators clearly and systematically present information.

At Manorvale Primary School, lessons are structured following the EDI model:

Learning Objective	informs students of the concept or skill they will learn.
Activating Prior Knowledge	activates some knowledge that the student alreadt knows that is related to the new learning.
Concept Development	employs written definitions to teach the concept, and examples and non-examples are used to clarify the concept.
Skill Development	involves explicit teaching and modelling of the skill or concept.
Guided Practice	engages students in guided practice of the skill or concept.
Relevance	emphasises the importance of learning the new content to the students and society.
Closure	requires students to work through problems or answer questions to demonstrate their understanding of the content taught.
Independent Practice	where students apply and practice the concepts and skills they were just taught, that they now know how to do.
Homework	students apply and practice the concepts and skills they were just taught at home.
Periodic Review	involves reviewing previously taught material, the next day, 1 week later, 2 weeks later, and 4 weeks later. The students' brains need the repetitions for memory retention.
Assessment	to check for student understanding and mastery of concepts throughout the lesson and periodically.

Our Instructional Model has been designed to reflect the 'Science of Learning' and high quality research from education and cognitive science. Our Instructional Model below determines how teaching and learning takes place at Manorvale Primary School. The model illustrates how lessons are designed and delivered, reflecting extensive research and evidence based practices.