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Teaching Needy Kids in Our Backward System documents the often outrageous experiences of a man some consider the most important educator ever, Siegfried (Zig) Engelmann. Through a tapestry of vignettes that start in the 60s and continue through 06, Professor Engelmann describes the battles he has fought to provide effective instruction for at-risk kids, particularly children of poverty.

The most incredible of Engelmann's battles occurred in Project Follow Through, the largest and most definitive educational experiment ever conducted, involving 180 communities and over 200,000 at-risk children in grades kindergarten through 3. To discover which approach was most effective, Follow Through installed and tested 22 models of teaching disadvantaged children, from 1968 to 1977. The models covered the spectrum of approaches that are in schools today, from the discovery-oriented approaches to those based on behavioral principals of reinforcement.

The evaluation measured the children's achievements in reading, math, language, and spelling. The study was also designed to discover which models were superior in teaching basic skills and which excelled in teaching higher-order thinking skills, also which models had kids with the strongest sense of personal responsibility and which kids had the highest self-images. The results astounded educators and made a mockery of their predictions.

There were not various winners, but only one winner, and that one excelled in every category measured. The winning model was designed by Zig Engelmann and his colleagues - Direct Instruction.

Why haven't you heard about Follow Through, Direct Instruction, or Zig Engelmann? Because Follow Through outcomes were never disseminated, never made public, and never used to influence educational decision-making. Why would the Feds spend half a billion to fund Follow Through and never disseminate the results? Read the book and discover the astonishing truths.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00XWEQ5NC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ NIFDI Press (May 18 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Siegfried “Zig” Engelmann (1931-2019) was professor emeritus of education at the University of Oregon and the primary architect of the Direct Instruction (DI) programs, an approach based on the principles originated in the Bereiter-Engelmann Preschool in the late 1960s. Engelmann was the senior author of more than 100 curricula using DI principles and numerous other articles and books. He had a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Illinois and an honorary doctorate from the Psychology Department of Western Michigan University. He was the 1994 recipient of the Fred S. Keller Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division of Experimental Analysis of Behavior. In 2000 the journal Remedial and Special Education named him as one of the 54 most influential people in the history of special education, and in 2002 the Council of Scientific Society Presidents awarded him the 2002 Award of Achievement in Education Research.

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Needless Needy

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2009

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Throughout history, adventurers have chronicled their journeys though strange territories to the great benefit of mankind. Marco Polo's journals introduced the West to the Orient. Columbus' logs opened the western hemisphere to European exploration. Magellan, Cook, Lewis and Clark, Shackleton ... their journals were invaluable to those travelers who came afterwards.

In a similar manner, Dr. Engelmann's gripping journal of his forty-two year travel through ed land and his novel discoveries and fascinating inventions could serve us well. We may view his book as a travelogue with a wealth of "how to" information for those who may seek to follow him. He guides you successfully around the quicksand of Paiget-spawned mythology and the infamous truth-devouring bandersnatches who inhabit the dark underworlds of the treacherous territory we call our education system.

Or a second perspective of 'Teaching Needy Kids in Our Backward System' could be as an informal revelation for the layman of Dr. Engelmann's theories, now scientifically proven beyond any dispute, which should occupy a place in education similar to Newton's Principia Mathematica in physics or James Clark Maxwell's A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field dealing with his field equations.

Finally from a third point of view, Engelmann's 'Teaching Needy Kids' could rank with Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' which exposed the horrors of the nation's meat packing industry and resulted in the establishment of the FDA and the closure of many food processors. It could even rank with Abraham Flexner's 'Report' in 1910 that produced a national outcry to revamp the country's medical standards causing nearly half the country's medical schools to close.

If you want to go to the South Pole, you must read Shackleton. If you want to journey in ed land, become familiar with cutting-edge technologies, or learn about the real child abuse that undergirds the ed industry, you must read Engelmann.

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An Important Book in Understanding the History of Direct Instruction

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013

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This book tells the truth about Direct Instruction. It is a highly effective research based approach which proves itself in study after study. If you are trying to shift the paradigm in education then you must read the inspirational story of people who were pioneers in education. In this age of accountability, is important to understand these fearless educators who stood for what was right and took full responsibility for student achievement. It is the work of these highly intelligent and amazing people that guides me in providing literacy instruction in my classroom today. Read this book and spread the word. I only wish I had learned about Direct Instruction earlier in my career.

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James Harling

Frustrating

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020

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Teaching English to Spanish-speakers in Colombia for nearly 10 years using a variation of Direct Instruction, I felt the exact same pain that Zig felt through this book, trying in vain for years to convince educators to adopt a proven methodology that teaches more information, more deeply, to both the ‘weak’ and ‘talented’ students in a fraction of the time of traditional methodologies. The story of this book has helped motivate me to carry my cross and keep pushing forward anyways.

Matt

Most Racist Book Ever

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2021

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Byron Davies

If you care about children's learning -- not just for needy kids -- read this book

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018

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Engelmann knows more about learning and teaching than just about anyone, and communicates it well through this book.

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