Mr. Sherbloom is teaching a lesson on federal law and wants to be certain students are grasping the information. Which step in a direct instruction should Mr. Sherbloom utilize to obtain a brief student response to lesson content, in order to assess the level of understanding and correct students' misconceptions?

conduct learning probes

Explanation: Learning probes includes a variety of ways or techniques in which the level of understanding of students could be a directly assessed. Learning probes may be conducted after lessons in other to give the teacher an assessment of the students understanding of the topic. Learning probes are also used to correct misinformation which is likely to have occurred during the lesson. Learning probes could be In the form of a question and answer session after a lesson or a short written exercise which covers the topic being taught.