The Direct Instruction Podcast

Feb 20 2025 9 ep. 55 mins 22

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A podcast about Engelmann, Project Follow Through, and Direct Instruction (DI). Hosted by Dr. Zach Groshell.

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How does Direct Instruction Support Special Education? with Randi Saulter and Ann Baum

Feb 20 2025 50 mins

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Direct Instruction podcast. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and today I am excited to be bringing you an interview with Randi Saulter and Ann Baum. Randi and Ann are two passionate special education teachers who will take us through what Zig Engelmann called the “picky, picky” details […]

How do Fluency and Direct Instruction Improve Literacy Outcomes? with Jan Hasbrouck

Dec 01 2024 58 mins

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Direct Instruction podcast. 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 […]

How Can Higher Education Better Prepare Future Educators? with Kathy Madigan

Nov 03 2024 55 mins

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Direct Instruction podcast. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and I am excited to be bringing you an interview with Dr. Kathy Madigan all about Higher Education and Direct Instruction. Kathy has been a teacher, principal, college professor and curriculum coordinator. She co-founded the American Board for Certification […]

What are the Components of an Effective DI Implementation? with Tamara Bressi

Sep 22 2024 52 mins

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Direct Instruction podcast. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and today I am excited to be bringing you a glimpse into my classroom for an unscripted coaching session with Tamara Bressi. Tamara is an experienced Direct Instruction teacher, trainer and instructional coach. I had the honor of working […]

How Has DI Impacted Reading Proficiency in Indigenous Communities? with Casey Sovo

Jun 15 2024 56 mins

Hello, and welcome back to the Direct Instruction podcast. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and today I am excited to be bringing you a fantastic episode about the role of Direct Instruction in teaching kids to read in indigenous communities across America. I will be interviewing Casey Sovo, a member of the Comanche Nation, […]

What is Direct Instruction Mathematics? with Marcy Stein and Bernadette Kelly

May 11 2024 55 mins

Welcome back to the Direct Instruction podcast, my name Dr. Zach Groshell, and today we are going to be talking all about Direct Instruction Mathematics. What you just listened to comes from a 1966 video recording of Zig Engelmann, which I have embedded in the show notes. If you’re not driving while you’re listening to […]

How Effective is Direct Instruction? with Jean Stockard

Apr 14 2024 38 mins

Hello, and welcome back to the Direct Instruction podcast. My name is Dr. Zach Groshell, and today we have a fantastic episode about a half-century of research on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction with Jean Stockard. Dr. Stockard is a distinguished quantitative sociologist, and the author of the book, All Students Can Succeed. One of […]

What was Project Follow Through? with Linda Carnine, Susie Andrist, and Jerry Silbert

Mar 09 2024 63 mins

Welcome back Zig fans, my name is Dr. Zach Groshell. I am a teacher, a parent, and the host of this show, the Direct Instruction podcast. The DI podcast is brought to you by NIFDI, which stands for the National Institute for Direct Instruction, and today we are going to be talking about Project Follow […]

What is Direct Instruction? with Bryan Wickman and Kurt Engelmann

Feb 04 2024 66 mins

Hello everyone, My name is Dr. Zach Groshell. I am an educator, a parent, and the host of this show, the Direct Instruction Podcast. This show is brought to you by NIFDI, The National Institute For Direct Instruction. As an advocate for direct and explicit forms of instruction, I wanted to know more about Uppercase […]