The independent variable of the study was direct instruction, and the dependent variable was the results of the participants’ work finishing assignments connected to the story grammar, summary assignments and acquiring vocabulary connected to particular folktales presented to them after having received instruction with direct teaching.
Frumbreyta rannsóknarinnar var bein kennsla en fylgibreytan var árangur af vinnu þátttakenda við að leysa verkefni í sambandi við söguramma og úrdrátt og orðaforða sem voru lögð fyrir nemendur eftir að þeim hafði verið kennt samkvæmt beinni kennslu.