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Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, I am your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. Today I am thrilled to be speaking with Meg Lee and Jim Heal, two educators at the cutting-edge of evidence-based education. They're going to be talking to us about the work they're doing to scale the science of learning up and across this … Continue reading S3E18: Meg Lee and Jim Heal on Evidence-Informed Practice a...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, I am your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. Today I am very excited to be speaking with Scott Hill, the Superintendent of Evergreen School Division in Manitoba, Canada. We will be talking about evidence-informed school leadership, including the shift that Evergreen has made towards a science of reading based curriculum, and … Continue reading S3E17: Scott Hill...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, I am your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. Today I am very excited to be speaking with Haili Hughes as part of my ongoing inquiry into instructional coaching approaches. If you’re a leader or instructional coach yourself, be sure to check out previous instructional coaching episodes of Progressively Incorrect, such as the … Continue reading S3E16: Haili Hughe...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, I am your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. Today I am very excited to be speaking with Corey Peltier as part of my ongoing obsession into how we teach math. If you haven’t already, I recommend checking out the hugely popular Science of Math episode I recorded a few months ago … Continue reading S3E15: Corey Peltier on Scientifically Informed Math Intervention...

My guest today is literacy expert, Stephanie Stollar. Stephanie is one of my go-to sources for science of reading insights because of her ability to break down technical and complex topics and turn them into actionable steps for practitioners. I will be talking with Stephanie about the misconceptions that surround MTSS, or the multi-tiered system … Continue reading S3E14: Stephanie Stollar o...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, I am your host, Dr. Zach Groshell, and this week I am excited to share with you my interview with Jean Stockard from the Direct Instruction podcast. There are plenty of introductions in the recording, so I’ll make this part quick. First, I am looking to establish more long-term relationships with … Continue reading S3E13: Jean Stockard on the Effectiv...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, my name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and today I am so excited to be releasing this special episode, which is all about researchED. We will begin with a full interview with Carl Hendrick, the keynote speaker of researchED Greenwich. Carl will talk to us about the researchED movement and the … Continue reading S3E12: Carl Hendrick and the researchED US Panel

In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I have the great pleasure of interviewing Kimberly Berens, the author of Blind Spots: Why students fail and the science that can save them and the founder of Fit Learning, an organization that combines the science of learning, precision teaching, direct instruction, and curriculum-based measurement, into one comprehensive approach. … Continue readi...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and this week I am excited to be bringing you the 2nd episode of my series on Direct Instruction, this time with Linda Carnine, Susie Andrist, and Jerry Silbert. They are going to be talking about what it was like to be on the … Continue reading S3E10: Linda Carnine, Susie Andrist, and Jerry Silbert on What Was Project Fol...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. Today I am very excited to share with you this extra special panel interview on the Science of Math! You will hear from four legends of math, Sarah Powell, Amanda VanDerHeyden, Anna Stokke, and Nathaniel Hansford. Not counting that other super-secret podcast … Continue reading S3E9: Science of Math Panel featuri...

We're going to be talking about educational policy today, specifically around the growing Science of Learning movement in Australia, with Trisha Jha. But first, I have a few announcements for you. Progressively Incorrect is coming to researchED Greenwich (USA) for a live recording of this podcast! I will be interviewing a panel consisting of Pedro … Continue reading S3E8: Trisha Jha on Austr...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and for this episode, I am excited to share with you the first episode of The Direct Instruction Podcast with Kurt Engelmann and Bryan Wickman. We will hear about the origins of Direct Instruction, how it differs from lowercase "di" and explicit instruction, and … Continue reading S3E7: Kurt Engelmann and Bryan Wickman on...

Today we are going to be talking to Kent Johnson and Andrew Kieta, who run a very unique school that is just up the road from me called Morningside Academy. Morningside utilizes evidence-based strategies and programs, including Direct Instruction and Precision Teaching. They offer their teachers robust professional development and instructional coaching around their model, … Continue reading...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and, in this episode, we're going to be talking with one of my mentors of instructional coaching, Gene Tavernetti. Gene is the author of two John Catt Educational books, Teach Fast: Focused Adaptable Structured Teaching, and Maximizing the Impact of Coaching Cycles. He is … Continue reading S3E5: Gene Tavernetti on Making...

In this episode we’re delving into the inspiring tale of a real-life classroom, aka ‘The Room Where It Happened’. This unique researcher-teacher partnership, which was documented in the book Powerful Teaching, helped children not only to learn more effectively and efficiently by leveraging the science of learning, but it armed them with knowledge of how … Continue reading S3E4: Patrice Bain...

Today I have the great pleasure of bringing you a very special episode featuring two of my podcasting rivals, Craig Barton and Ollie Lovell. This episode is brought to you by John Catt Educational, which publishes some of the absolute best books in education. In addition to publishing Craig’s How I Wish I’d Taught Maths, … Continue reading S3E3: Craig Barton and Ollie Lovell on Tools and Tip...

Welcome back everyone to Progressively Incorrect. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and, in this episode, we will be exploring the Math Wars and MTSS with Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden. Subscribe to this podcast on…SpotifyGoogle PodcastsApple PodcastsWordPress This episode is brought to you by John Catt Educational, which publishes some of the best books in education, … Continue reading S3E2: Amanda Va...

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and I have the great pleasure of welcoming Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli onto the podcast for the Season 3 premiere of this show. Subscribe to this podcast on…SpotifyGoogle PodcastsApple PodcastsWordPress Tom and Oliver are two UK-based educators who have collaborated on numerous projects … Continue reading S3E1:...

I am very excited to be sharing this special episode with you, the Season 2 Finale of this podcast, featuring one of the most respected cognitive scientists in the world, Dan Willingham. Subscribe to this podcast on…SpotifyGoogle PodcastsApple PodcastsWordPress Before we go over to Dan, I wanted to thank all of you who have supported … Continue reading S2E26: Dan Willingham on Applying Cogni...

In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I am joined by Dr. Pamela Snow. Dr. Snow is a professor of cognitive psychology at the School of Education at La Trobe University in Melbourne, and an absolute legend of the Science of Language and Reading. Subscribe to this podcast on…SpotifyGoogle PodcastsApple PodcastsWordPress One of the most contentious … Continue reading S2E25: Pamela Snow on...

In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I interview Nidhi Sachdeva, a Toronto-based PhD candidate who, like many of you I suspect, is exploring ways to embed the science of learning into teaching and professional development. Subscribe to this podcast on…SpotifyGoogle PodcastsApple PodcastsWordPress I first came across Nidhi on Twitter, where she shares these amazingly digestible … Conti...

In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I'm joined by Tracing Woodgrains. Trace is the Chief of Staff for Blocked and Reported, a show that bills itself as "a podcast about dumb internet garbage." As someone who is unusually interested in the myths and mumbo jumbo of our dear teaching profession, I was honored that Trace … Continue reading S2E23: Tracing Woodgrains on Student Loan Forgiv...

In this episode, I will be speaking to an absolute legend of teacher blogging and lefty-trad education, Adam Boxer. Adam is the editor of the researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction, author of Teaching Secondary Science, and, for me, the LeBron James of practical advice about how to actually teach a lesson. After recent … Continue reading S2E22: Adam Boxer on Homework and Buildin...

I have a very special guest for you this week! Dr. Marcy Stein, professor emeritus and lead author of Direct Instruction Mathematics, came on the Progressively Incorrect podcast to talk to us about Project Follow Through and Zig Engelmann's Direct Instruction programs. Subscribe to this podcast on...SpotifyGoogle PodcastsApple PodcastsWordPress This is a fantastic episode that … Continue rea...

In this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I chat with Dr. Nathaniel Swain about the work he is doing with teachers and middle leaders to ensure that all students receive instruction that is informed by the science of learning. This is one of those episodes that is jammed packed full of insights and interesting tidbits, including … Continue reading S2E20: Nathaniel Swain on the way out of t...