The phrase "a direct instruction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a clear and explicit command or guideline given to someone.
Example: "The teacher provided a direct instruction on how to complete the assignment."
Alternatives: "a clear directive" or "an explicit command".
GLASPIE: I have a direct instruction from the President to seek better relations with Iraq.
Davies, for Thurlbeck, said he had instructed Mulcaire to investigate the disappearance of Milly Dowler but had not given him a direct instruction to hack her phone.
You'll recall that del Missier was the Barclays co-head of investment banking who wrongly interpreted an ambiguous message from Bob Diamond as a direct instruction to rig the Libor market.
Not only had he disobeyed a direct instruction and undermined his manager in public, but he had consigned his team to the defeat that would ultimately cost McClaren his job.
In contrast, the comparison condition employed a Direct Instruction (DI) learning design in which the teacher instruction was provided initially, followed by the students working on the same computer models and challenge problems as the experimental group.
Heaven help us if, as the election race heats up, he tells his supporters that it's time to "get down to business" – because that will constitute nothing more nor less than a direct instruction to them to engage in a no-holds-barred, socialist orgy of unrestrained and shameless fornication.
This doesn't provide too much more compared to what we've seen in the longer spots, but it does give you a few all new clips, and it ends with a line from Luke that sounds like a pretty direct instruction aimed at setting expectations for fans excited to watch the film: "This is not going to go the way you think".
It showed them spending three and a half hours a day on Direct Instruction in reading, writing, and spelling, and another hour on Direct Instruction in math, which left just over ninety minutes to be divvied up, according to a complicated weekly rotation, among gym, Spanish, science, art, music, and history.
The directive facilitation approach is important given the complex nature of PBL; for example, a tutor may provide direct instruction on a just-in-time basis when students are experiencing difficulties [ 28, 29].
More recently, Yeldham and Gruba (2016) examined the progress of four Taiwanese EFL learners as they participated in a course combining direct instruction of strategies with their practice embedded in the class listening texts.
Consider a report published in 2004 that showed third and fourth graders who received "an extreme type of direct instruction [in a science unit] in which the goals, the materials, the examples, the explanations, and the pace of instruction [were] all teacher controlled" did better than their classmates who were allowed to design their own procedures.
