I used to teach the pull/push technique but changed a while ago to a series of questions that the studes ask themselves.
1 - What is my bearing to/from the beacon? - Easy, visually overlay the ADF needle on the DI.
2 - What bearing to/from the beacon do I want? - Hopefully they know this!
3 - Is this bigger or smaller than the bearing I have?
4 - Which way do I turn? - Easy, inbound: left for bigger number, right for smaller number (reverse for tracking outbound).
5 - What heading do I turn to? - Obviously this depends on having SOME situational awareness.
All they have to check now is that their current heading will cause the needle to rise or fall (head always falls) onto the desired number on the DI.
This seems to work well, the reason Q4 is phrased this way around is that the only time that you don't have time to think is turning inbound to the hold or the approach segment.
Slightly easier with RMI but same process.
Comments?