This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission.
Sold a Story is an investigative podcast about how children learn: what works in the classroom, the science behind these ideas, and why this research is often not disseminated in schools. Season 1 revealed why so many children struggle to learn to read and sparked a wave of change across the country. In Season 2, we move beyond reading to the teaching itself.
Season 2, Episode 5: Why It Works
“Direct instruction” is backed by decades of research, but what makes it so successful? We dig deeper into Zig Engelmann’s teaching theory, what cognitive science reveals about how children learn, and what hundreds of studies show about curriculum effectiveness.
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