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Ep 54. Balanced literacy didn’t work—will balanced math? with Ben Solomon
The transcript for this episode is here
You can listen to the episode here: Chalk & Talk Podcast.
Important links
Masterclass: Evidence-informed Mathematics Teaching, La Trobe School of Education:
https://shortcourses.latrobe.edu.au/masterclass-evidence-informed-mathematics-teaching
Petition to retract the New York Math briefs
Articles and websites mentioned in the episode
McNeil, N. M., Jordan, N. C., Viegut, A. A., & Ansari, D. (2025). What the Science of Learning Teaches Us About Arithmetic Fluency. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 26(1), 10-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/15291006241287726
Powell et al. (2025). The NCTM/CEC Position Statement on Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities: What’s in It and What’s Not. Research in Special Education, 2(0) doi: 10.25894/rise.2796 https://riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2796/
Hughes et al. Explicit Instruction: Historical and Contemporary Contexts. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 32(3), 140-148. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ldrp.12142
Lilienfeld SO, Ammirati R, David M. Distinguishing science from pseudoscience in school psychology: science and scientific thinking as safeguards against human error. J Sch Psychol. 2012 Feb; 50(1):7-36. dhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22386075/
National Center on Intensive Intervention
John Hattie on inquiry-based learning
Other useful articles
Alfieri, L., Brooks, P. J., Aldrich, N. J., & Tenenbaum, H. R. (2011). Does discovery-based instruction enhance learning? Journal of Educational Psychology, 103(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021017
Rastle, K., Lally, C., Davis, M. H., & Taylor, J. S. H. (2021). The Dramatic Impact of Explicit Instruction on Learning to Read in a New Writing System. Psychological Science, 32(4), 471-484. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620968790