1. Adams, G.L., & Engelmann, S. (1996). Research on Direct Instruction: 25 years beyond DISTAR. Seattle, WA: Educational Achievement Systems. (Discover what the field of education has covered up for 30 years.)

2. Becker, W.C., Engelmann, S., & Thomas, D.R. (1971). Teaching: A course in applied psychology. Chicago: Science Research Associates. (What really skilled teachers do.)

3. Binder, C. (1996). Behavioral fluency: Evolution of a new paradigm. The Behavior Analyst, 19, 163-197. (A must read.)

4. Carnine, D.W., Silbert, J., & Kameenui, E.J. (1997). Direct instruction reading (Third edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. (Every elementary school teacher should have and use this.)

5. Catania, A.C. (1997). Learning. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (It is amazing how many--all (!)--"reforms," fads, and "innovations" in education fly in the face of what is known about how we learn.)

6. Ellis, A., & Fouts, J.T. (1993).Research on educational innovations. Princeton Junction: NJ: Eye on Education. (Separating the valid from the vapid.)

7. Engelmann, S. & Carnine, D. (1991). Theory of instruction. Eugene, OR: ADI Press. (How to design "faultless communication.")

8. Engelmann, S. (1992). War against the schools' academic child abuse. (If a physician prescribes a drug that research shows not to work, what happens to the physician? When educators use "approaches" that research shows not to work, does anything happen--except to the children who are damaged?)

9. Fogel, A. (1992). Movement and communication in infancy: The social dynamics of development. Human Movement Science, 11(4), 387-423. (Broader and more lucid than Piaget and Vygotsky.)

10. Henry, J. (1971). Pathways to madness. New York: Random House. ("[S]anity is nothing more than the capacity to deal with falseness...")

11. Holmes, D.L. (1997). Autism through the lifespan: The Eden model. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House. (How to develop, expand and institutionalize excellence.)

12. Johnson, K.R., & Layng, T.V.J. (1992). Breaking the structuralist barrier: Literacy and numeracy with fluency. American Psychologist, 47, 1475-1490. (How much students can achieve when education rests on solid research.)

13. Kameenui, E.J., & Carnine, D.W. (1998). Effective teaching strategies that accomodate diverse learners. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (Thirty years of work.)

14. Lindsley, O.R. (1992). Precision teaching: Discoveries and effects. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 51-57. (Learn from the master.)

15. Sidman, M. (1960). Tactics of scientific research. New York: Basic Books. (Why most educational "research" isn't.)

16. Stein, M., Silbert, J., & Carnine, D. (1997). Designing effective mathematics instruction: A direct instruction approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

17. Valsiner, J. (1987). Culture and the development of children's action. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (See #8.)

18. Walker, H.M., Colvin, G., & Ramsey, E. (1995. Antisocial behavior in school: Strategies and best practices. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

19. Wittgenstein, L. (1958). Philosophical investigations. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company. (Showing the fly the way out of the bottle.)

20. Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read.  Free.  Order From
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