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You seem to be moving in the right direction: In the comments you linked, you are laying out some jargon of the DI and explaining what it means in simpler words. If at all possible, you might also supply examples taken from actual teaching; for example, when you say
it would be helpful if you could descend from the abstraction for a moment and say "For example, one time I was trying to teach trig using DI; the student was not getting why the double-angle formulas work, so the stim-loc told me I should look for a faulty understanding of [something], and I checked that by [something else]..." Failing real anecdotes, a fictional one (clearly marked, of course!) using a real DI locus schema could also be helpful. But at any rate you're now explaining what sort of techniques are involved and what the 'detailed curriculum' is to consist of, and my desire for anecdotes is more about how to present it rather than what to say.
Sorry I promised I'd type that section out yesterday, but didn't. Honestly, I've been juggling so many things I'd need to kage bunshin myself with my computer to handle them all.
(Yes that's right, I just made a "Nartuto" reference. :P
Can you imagine what a "Naruto" equivalent of HPMOR would be like?
...I can't. Other than "awesome".)
Anyway, rather than typing out the section, I found a scanner and signed up at photobucket.
Here's the page. The section I was referring to starts at Prescriptive Applications of Programs ["programs" meaning the task analysis], and ends at the Summary.