Techniques are incorporated into reading, spelling, grammar, dictation, creative writing, penmanship instruction, and are extremely effective in content instruction such as science and social studies. Students' attention is sustained with the momentum of the teacher directives during instruction and reinforcement offered during practice time.
Overt responses appeal to all preferred modalities of learning.
Teachers learn to teach word recognition skills, vocabulary, literal, interpretative, critical and creative comprehension, study skills, literature, and composition as they use basic readers, literature series, novels, trade and content books. Students demonstrate mastery through their participation in small-group discussions, writing, locating, organizing, and evaluating information. Historical information and sites to contact about ECRI are listed on this web page. The program includes lecture and practice sessions, preparation of materials for classroom use, and teaching students in a simulated setting. Following this, periodic visits by ECRI staff to trainees' classrooms to demonstrate, model, and monitor are encouraged.