Progressively Incorrect

Should students be taught to count on their fingers? Today I am excited to bring you an interview with Catherine Thevenot. Catherine is a researcher at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Her work focuses on cognitive development, particularly in the area of numerical cognition and arithmetic skills in children. One of her notable studies involves the impact of finger counting on young children’s math performance. Catherine’s research has shown that training children to use their fingers for counting can significantly improve their arithmetic skills, demonstrating a strong link between finger use and numerical understanding. Her work has provided valuable insights into effective teaching strategies for early math education.

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This show is sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching. It is now Amazon’s newest BEST-SELLING book in education!

As an instructional coach and school leader, I grew tired of bad PD and struggled to embed the ideas of this podcast into classrooms. I read the books, I went to the webinars, and I made up my own system by combining a hodgepodge of resources and strategies. I needed a better approach if I was going to make real and sustainable changes.

Steplab is a platform by teachers, for teachers, which streamlines coaching. It is both a library of techniques, similar to Teach Like a Champion, and a coaching engine that helps you to bring these techniques to teachers by scaffolding cycles of observation and feedback. It helped me become much more confident as a coach, and, as a comprehensive PD platform, it helps facilitate peer observation, targeted PLCs, and evidence-based whole school PD. As the Director of Steplab North America, I want to invite you to join over 14,000 schools and 100,000 educators who are using Steplab.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and today I am excited to bring you an interview with Jan Hasbrouck, the keynote speaker at NIFDI’s 2025 National Direct Instruction Conference and Institutes. Dr. Hasbrouck is a renowned researcher and author with a distinguished career dedicated to improving literacy and educational outcomes. Dr. Hasbrouck’s expertise in reading fluency and her involvement with Project Follow Through and Direct Instruction have been pivotal in improving results in schools across the country. Dr. Hasbrouck is also a founding member of Read Washington, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing professional development based on the science of reading.

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This show is sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching. It is now Amazon’s newest BEST-SELLING book in education!

As an instructional coach and school leader, I grew tired of bad PD and struggled to embed the ideas of this podcast into classrooms. I read the books, I went to the webinars, and I made up my own system by combining a hodgepodge of resources and strategies. I needed a better approach if I was going to make real and sustainable changes.

Steplab is a platform by teachers, for teachers, which streamlines coaching. It is both a library of techniques, similar to Teach Like a Champion, and a coaching engine that helps you to bring these techniques to teachers by scaffolding cycles of observation and feedback. It helped me become much more confident as a coach, and, as a comprehensive PD platform, it helps facilitate peer observation, targeted PLCs, and evidence-based whole school PD. As the Director of Steplab North America, I want to invite you to join over 14,000 schools and 100,000 educators who are using Steplab.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, I am your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. This episode is a conversation between me and Sally Bergquist. Sally is an extremely talented and experienced teacher, and she recently challenged me to teach my child to write with her Engelmann-inspired writing program. It was an enormous pleasure to be able to pick Sally’s brain about how to teach writing to our youngest school children.

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This show is sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching. It is now Amazon’s newest BEST-SELLING book in education!

As an instructional coach and school leader, I grew tired of bad PD and struggled to embed the ideas of this podcast into classrooms. I read the books, I went to the webinars, and I made up my own system by combining a hodgepodge of resources and strategies. I needed a better approach if I was going to make real and sustainable changes.

Steplab is a platform by teachers, for teachers, which streamlines coaching. It is both a library of techniques, similar to Teach Like a Champion, and a coaching engine that helps you to bring these techniques to teachers by scaffolding cycles of observation and feedback. It helped me become much more confident as a coach, and, as a comprehensive PD platform, it helps facilitate peer observation, targeted PLCs, and evidence-based whole school PD. As the Director of Steplab North America, I want to invite you to join over 14,000 schools and 100,000 educators who are using Steplab.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching. It is now Amazon’s newest BEST-SELLING book in education!

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This episode is a conversation between me and three amazing educators who are making inroads to bring the science of learning to schools across Australia. Most excitingly, we are all contributing authors to the book, Harnessing the Science of Learning by Nathaniel Swain, who, of course, is on the show today and has been on the show before.

As an instructional coach and school leader, I grew tired of bad PD and struggled to embed the ideas of this podcast into classrooms. I read the books, I went to the webinars, and I made up my own system by combining a hodgepodge of resources and strategies. I needed a better approach if I was going to make real and sustainable changes. One day I stumbled upon Steplab, which streamlined my coaching and enabled peer observation, targeted PLCs, and evidence-based whole school PD. Now, as the Director of Steplab North America, I want to invite you to join over 14,000 schools and 100,000 educators who are using Steplab.

Training opportunity approaching!!! I am hosting a free instructional coaching webinar on November 25, 2024. Sign up here and join me and special guests to learn about Steplab’s platform and approach to responsive coaching.

I am excited to bring you an episode of the Thinking Out Loud series with my friend, Gene Tavernetti, from his podcast, Better Teaching Only Stuff that Works.

I am hosting a free instructional coaching webinar on November 25, 2024. Sign up here and join me and special guests to learn about Steplab’s platform and approach to responsive coaching.

This week, we’re talking about my experience being coached by master instructional coach, Tamara Bressi – which I featured in an episode of The Direct Instruction Podcast – and our thoughts on being coached.

Progressively Correct is sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching.

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If you enjoy this episode on instructional coaching, I encourage you to check out some of the events that I am putting together for leaders and coaches as the Director of Steplab North America. We have an ambassador program, a flagship program, and several mini conferences happening in the United States and Canada this year. Just go to https://educationrickshaw.com/coach/ to see the latest list of events and take the next step in PD and instructional coaching.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching.

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This episode is a conversation between me and Christopher Such. Chris has had such a profound impact on my teaching through his Twitter threads and blogs, it was a total thrill to have him on. I highly encourage you to take a look at both of Chris’s books, including his newest, Primary Reading Simplified:

As an instructional coach and school leader, I grew tired of bad PD and struggled to embed the ideas of this podcast into classrooms. I read the books, I went to the webinars, and I made up my own system by combining a hodgepodge of resources and strategies. I needed a better approach if I was going to make real and sustainable changes. One day I stumbled upon Steplab, which streamlined my coaching and enabled peer observation, targeted PLCs, and evidence-based whole school PD. Now, as the Director of Steplab North America, I want to invite you to join over 14,000 schools and 100,000 educators who are using Steplab.

Just e-mail [email protected] or use my Contact Page and I will get you up and running with a demo and implementation support.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching.

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This is the second conversation between Dr. Zach Groshell and Brendan Lee. In this episode, they take a deep dive into some of the key considerations that schools need to take when it comes to instructional coaching.

Zach’s four items were:

Brendan’s four points were:

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As an instructional coach and school leader, I grew tired of bad PD and struggled to embed the ideas of this podcast into classrooms. I read the books, I went to the webinars, and I made up my own system by combining a hodgepodge of resources and strategies. I needed a better approach if I was going to make real and sustainable changes. One day I stumbled upon Steplab, which streamlined my coaching and enabled peer observation, targeted PLCs, and evidence-based whole school PD. Now, as the Director of Steplab North America, I want to invite you to join over 14,000 schools and 100,000 educators who are using Steplab.

Just e-mail [email protected] or use my Contact Page and I will get you up and running with a demo and implementation support.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching.

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Today I am excited to be bringing you an episode with Robin Codding, PhD. She is a Professor of Applied Psychology at the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. Dr. Codding’s research focuses on the intersection of intervention and implementation, particularly in developing and evaluating school-based academic interventions. Her work aims to understand the factors that influence student responsiveness to these interventions and to identify strategies that support effective implementation.

As an instructional coach and school leader, I grew tired of bad PD and struggled to embed the ideas of this podcast into classrooms. I read the books, I went to the webinars, and I made up my own system by combining a hodgepodge of resources and strategies. I needed a better approach if I was going to make real and sustainable changes. One day I stumbled upon Steplab, which streamlined my coaching and enabled peer observation, targeted PLCs, and evidence-based whole school PD. Now, as the Director of Steplab North America, I want to invite you to join over 14,000 schools and 100,000 educators who are using Steplab.

Just e-mail [email protected] or use my Contact Page and I will get you up and running with a demo and implementation support.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching.

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Today I am excited to be bringing you an episode all about the power of coaching, video, and technique with Josh Goodrich, Peps Mccrea, and… Doug Lemov! And if you’re inspired to take the next step in your coaching and PD journey with Steplab + Teach Like a Champion, please e-mail [email protected] or message me through my Contact Page.

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. John Catt publishes some of the best books in education, including my book, Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching.

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Today I am excited to be bringing you the 6th episode of the Direct Instruction Podcast with my friend and mentor, Tamara Bressi. There are many more great episodes I have locked and loaded for you this season, so please subscribe and give this show 5 stars on the platform of your choosing.

If you would like me to offer your staff some training around Just Tell Them and the science of learning, please message me through my Contact Page.