Zach Groshell
@MrZachG
Former teacher helping schools implement effective instruction | Progressively Incorrect🎙️ | Director @Steplab_co North America | PhD, Author of Just Tell Them
This book is all about the science of explanations and explicit teaching. Secure attention Use visuals Check for listening Sequence examples Use stories and analogies Avoid seductive details Manage cognitive load Gestures + more! Pre-order now! amazon.com/dp/103600368X/…
The 80 percent rule alive and well in mastery learning. Side note: Interesting that folks find struggle so motivating, when they wouldn’t subject themselves to struggle in a PD or public setting.
🚧The Worked Example Effect🚨 In Ep. 5 of the #KnowledgeMatters Podcast you’ll hear @natwexler and John Sweller discuss the findings of The Worked Example Effect! ✅Studying exemplars + worked examples produces BETTER problem solvers than ❌simply engaging in problem solving!🤯
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20 years ago, we had the internet and people were making exactly the same argument. 120 years ago, we had libraries and people were making exactly the same argument. For the last ten years, people have insisted that *nobody* has ever made this argument. The argument:
Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann on why he chose Montessori for his daughter: "If this were 10-20 years ago, I'd be lining her up for top-tier schools and extracurriculars. But now I don't think any of it's going to matter. Learning facts is going to fade into the background. What…
The pro-curriculum program people vs anti-curriculum program people of the science of learning movement need to meet and discuss why and what is going on. How can you discuss science of learning separate from DI and other concrete examples of instructional design?
Just got my second copy. I gave the first one away to a teacher friend. I am excited to dive back in to prepare for my book study. Thank you @MrZachG
That sounds so good. Meanwhile, today, I suffered through how to teach like a pirate as a two-hour keynote before decent breakout sessions.
It makes we wonder, “Whose interests are served by the current approach that fails to tap into the transformative power of education. Who prefers things as they are and why?”
I gotta agree with @ScientiaforBill on this one that teaching is blind is a massive overstatement. CLT provides a very clear and coherent theory that explains why explicit instruction is so effective. But Engellman did much of his work before CLT and he was far from blind.
As @janhasbrouck shares how she wasn’t taught how to teach, besides facilitating activities, I’m struck by how little has changed in 50 years
If I see one more elementary “research project” where the kids spend hours googling and copy pasting into a PowerPoint … which inevitably turns into boys collecting bawdy memes and the girls playing w color choices and fonts….
Jan Hasbrouck - the Jan Hasbrouck - at @NIFDI conference 2025! @janhasbrouck
Kurt Engelmann introducing @janhasbrouck at the National DI conference! @NIFDI
We’re gearing up for a second cohort of online professional development on coaching with Steplab. Details below! educationrickshaw.com/2025/07/01/ste…
@MrZachG You might be interested in this. I've been getting into "Implementation Science" lately.
Schools start interventions all the time. If they care to do the interventions well, then they should think carefully about: 1. staff selection 2. staff training 3. ongoing coaching 4. staff AND program evaluation 5. admin support 6. systems interventions
🇦🇺 Real privilege to spend time working with Australian colleagues unpacking great coaching and maximising the potential of @Steplab_co today. ++ Awesome to meet (and be coached by) @XpatEducator ⚡️