di: DI and Neuroplasticity?

[ROBERT]

For several months, I have been reading serious books and articles about Neuroplasticity.While some of the information is too technical for me, and some is hokum, there seems to be much promise in the direction of this research.

As a former public official, I have been similarly interested in Direct Instruction for more than a decade, because DI is the most promising route for making public education more successful for all students.While I am not a teacher, I have attended DI classes and observed outstanding successes.

I would like to begin my participation in the DI forum by positing a simple question--has there been research about how DI may relate to Neuroplasticity?

The simple answer is probably NO.Even though the unique, structured educational approach of DI may significantly support, or benefit from, the phenomena being uncovered by research on Neuroplastinity.

If the answer is, in fact, NO, I would like to elaborate on my suspicions about the relationships between DI and neuroplasticity, and possible areas of research.Unless too many members of the forum tell me I am crazy.

Sincerely,

Bob Hullinghorst
Boulder, CO

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