Sentence:  We speculate that compulsives in the unstructured schools are under greater strain because of the lack of systemization in their school setting , but that their need to organize ( for comfort ) is so intense that they struggle to induce the phonic rules and achieve in spite of the lack of <WSD>direction</WSD> from the environment . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action