Michael Ralph
@michaelcralph.bsky.social
PhD Ed Psych
Director of Research for Multistudio, lecturer at Univ of Kansas, & co-founder of CAUSE. Co-host edu research podcast Two Pint PLC.
Studies learning in space to guide inclusive, effective teaching practice & school design.
Director of Research for Multistudio, lecturer at Univ of Kansas, & co-founder of CAUSE. Co-host edu research podcast Two Pint PLC.
Studies learning in space to guide inclusive, effective teaching practice & school design.
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Michael Ralph
@michaelcralph.bsky.social
· Sep 13
The first version of CAUSE's public, freely-available guide to evaluating learning environments is now available!
Read about the measures and see how you can integrate them into your surveys. #AcademicSky #EduSky
www.causecoalition.org/user-guide
Read about the measures and see how you can integrate them into your surveys. #AcademicSky #EduSky
www.causecoalition.org/user-guide
Man... Caleb is hanging his guys out for some big hits... It's going to hurt eventually.
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Man... Caleb is hanging his guys out for some big hits... It's going to hurt eventually.
The EIGHTH turnover in this game. Incredible.
January 18, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The EIGHTH turnover in this game. Incredible.
I went to the doctor. I broke my foot.
It actually feels pretty validating. It DOES hurt. Whew.
It actually feels pretty validating. It DOES hurt. Whew.
I am coming up on two weeks since I injured my ankle and my leg still hurts real bad by evening...
I feel like Dr. House sitting around grumping at people and then shouting "Well my leg hurts!"
I feel like Dr. House sitting around grumping at people and then shouting "Well my leg hurts!"
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I went to the doctor. I broke my foot.
It actually feels pretty validating. It DOES hurt. Whew.
It actually feels pretty validating. It DOES hurt. Whew.
I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of every month.
This month:
- How do experienced teachers monitor their classroom differently from novices?
- How does teacher encouragement affect student performance?
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
This month:
- How do experienced teachers monitor their classroom differently from novices?
- How does teacher encouragement affect student performance?
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
107 Disruption Gaze & Assessment Encouragement - Podcast Episodes - Two Pint PLC
We discuss how expert teachers monitor their classrooms during disruptions and the impact of teacher encouragement on testing.
twopintplc.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of every month.
This month:
- How do experienced teachers monitor their classroom differently from novices?
- How does teacher encouragement affect student performance?
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
This month:
- How do experienced teachers monitor their classroom differently from novices?
- How does teacher encouragement affect student performance?
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
107 Disruption Gaze & Assessment Encouragement - Podcast Episodes - Two Pint PLC
We discuss how expert teachers monitor their classrooms during disruptions and the impact of teacher encouragement on testing.
twopintplc.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of every month.
This month:
- How do experienced teachers monitor their classroom differently from novices?
- How does teacher encouragement affect student performance?
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
This month:
- How do experienced teachers monitor their classroom differently from novices?
- How does teacher encouragement affect student performance?
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
I am coming up on two weeks since I injured my ankle and my leg still hurts real bad by evening...
I feel like Dr. House sitting around grumping at people and then shouting "Well my leg hurts!"
I feel like Dr. House sitting around grumping at people and then shouting "Well my leg hurts!"
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I am coming up on two weeks since I injured my ankle and my leg still hurts real bad by evening...
I feel like Dr. House sitting around grumping at people and then shouting "Well my leg hurts!"
I feel like Dr. House sitting around grumping at people and then shouting "Well my leg hurts!"
Reposted by Michael Ralph
This is a belated post about our paper in @poqjournal.bsky.social.
We analyzed 100 survey experiments fielded by TESS (tessexperiments.org), using only information from the proposals to identify intended hypotheses.
Here are some of the things we learned:
We analyzed 100 survey experiments fielded by TESS (tessexperiments.org), using only information from the proposals to identify intended hypotheses.
Here are some of the things we learned:
An Audit of Social Science Survey Experiments
Abstract. Survey experiments have become a popular methodology for causal inference across the social sciences. We study the efficacy of survey experiment
doi.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is a belated post about our paper in @poqjournal.bsky.social.
We analyzed 100 survey experiments fielded by TESS (tessexperiments.org), using only information from the proposals to identify intended hypotheses.
Here are some of the things we learned:
We analyzed 100 survey experiments fielded by TESS (tessexperiments.org), using only information from the proposals to identify intended hypotheses.
Here are some of the things we learned:
We can do things that help people. We can simply choose to.
Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
We can do things that help people. We can simply choose to.
Welp... I missed that one. Bad AI image got me. 3,116 dots is not 10,000 dots.
I was moving too quickly and made a mistake.
I was moving too quickly and made a mistake.
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Welp... I missed that one. Bad AI image got me. 3,116 dots is not 10,000 dots.
I was moving too quickly and made a mistake.
I was moving too quickly and made a mistake.
Reposted by Michael Ralph
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
Slightly diminish a game:
Inconvenience the Spire
Inconvenience the Spire
Slightly diminish a game:
Red Dead Apology 2
Red Dead Apology 2
Slightly diminish a game:
The Memento of Zelda.
The Memento of Zelda.
January 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Inconvenience the Spire
Inconvenience the Spire
Related: if someone shares their "source" and you can't find how it supports their claim... YOU don't need to be embarrassed.
If I ask you to cite your sources and you get offended I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you don’t have any.
January 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Related: if someone shares their "source" and you can't find how it supports their claim... YOU don't need to be embarrassed.
Green Bay blew the whole lead. I can't believe it.
What a tale of two halves.
What a tale of two halves.
January 11, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Green Bay blew the whole lead. I can't believe it.
What a tale of two halves.
What a tale of two halves.
Logs on specifically to see what @dcollier74.bsky.social is posting right now.
January 11, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Logs on specifically to see what @dcollier74.bsky.social is posting right now.
Quel choc
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Quel choc
Okay - I guess they saw my post because Carolina has found a fire and this is a fun game to watch again.
Watching the first playoff football game, and golly does Carolina look outmatched.
They seem confused that they are playing this week at all. Bless their hearts.
They seem confused that they are playing this week at all. Bless their hearts.
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Okay - I guess they saw my post because Carolina has found a fire and this is a fun game to watch again.
Watching the first playoff football game, and golly does Carolina look outmatched.
They seem confused that they are playing this week at all. Bless their hearts.
They seem confused that they are playing this week at all. Bless their hearts.
January 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Watching the first playoff football game, and golly does Carolina look outmatched.
They seem confused that they are playing this week at all. Bless their hearts.
They seem confused that they are playing this week at all. Bless their hearts.
Reposted by Michael Ralph
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity… each of us independently reached the decision to resign in protest of the actions of an administration that treats science not as a process for building knowledge, but as a means to advance its political agenda.”
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity… each of us independently reached the decision to resign in protest of the actions of an administration that treats science not as a process for building knowledge, but as a means to advance its political agenda.”
Reposted by Michael Ralph
Really interesting techniques used to understand how learning styles is discussed on social media. One takeaway for me was that more debunking of the learning styles myth needs to happen in in-service/professional development contexts. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
The Prevalence of the Learning Styles Myth: A Social Media Analysis - Technology, Knowledge and Learning
Despite lacking scientific support, the idea of Learning Styles is widespread in social media engagement. This phenomenon raises concerns about its potential harm in educational practices. This study…
doi.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Really interesting techniques used to understand how learning styles is discussed on social media. One takeaway for me was that more debunking of the learning styles myth needs to happen in in-service/professional development contexts. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
I was able to start my day without crutches, which is progress...
But also, as my sprain drains there was enough damage that my toes are turning black and blue (from the blood coming out of my ankle).
Enjoy that visual internet friends.
But also, as my sprain drains there was enough damage that my toes are turning black and blue (from the blood coming out of my ankle).
Enjoy that visual internet friends.
Rolled the ever loving crap out of my ankle at the gym tonight. Exactly the same type of play from when I tore the ligament in my knee 10 years ago...
I dunno how bad this will end up being, but it sure is unpleasant now. Ugh.
I dunno how bad this will end up being, but it sure is unpleasant now. Ugh.
January 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I was able to start my day without crutches, which is progress...
But also, as my sprain drains there was enough damage that my toes are turning black and blue (from the blood coming out of my ankle).
Enjoy that visual internet friends.
But also, as my sprain drains there was enough damage that my toes are turning black and blue (from the blood coming out of my ankle).
Enjoy that visual internet friends.
I play volleyball, watch too much football for how casually I actually follow it, and like doing maker projects.
I got 80% of the way through adding a custom ducted extruder fan to my printer/laser this weekend. I'm actually quite proud of it.
I got 80% of the way through adding a custom ducted extruder fan to my printer/laser this weekend. I'm actually quite proud of it.
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I play volleyball, watch too much football for how casually I actually follow it, and like doing maker projects.
I got 80% of the way through adding a custom ducted extruder fan to my printer/laser this weekend. I'm actually quite proud of it.
I got 80% of the way through adding a custom ducted extruder fan to my printer/laser this weekend. I'm actually quite proud of it.
What a heartbreak of a miss for Baltimore. It wasn't close either. Loop (the kicker) just blew it.
He's got a long night ahead of him... Sorry man.
He's got a long night ahead of him... Sorry man.
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
What a heartbreak of a miss for Baltimore. It wasn't close either. Loop (the kicker) just blew it.
He's got a long night ahead of him... Sorry man.
He's got a long night ahead of him... Sorry man.
Rolled the ever loving crap out of my ankle at the gym tonight. Exactly the same type of play from when I tore the ligament in my knee 10 years ago...
I dunno how bad this will end up being, but it sure is unpleasant now. Ugh.
I dunno how bad this will end up being, but it sure is unpleasant now. Ugh.
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Rolled the ever loving crap out of my ankle at the gym tonight. Exactly the same type of play from when I tore the ligament in my knee 10 years ago...
I dunno how bad this will end up being, but it sure is unpleasant now. Ugh.
I dunno how bad this will end up being, but it sure is unpleasant now. Ugh.
This Kansas City vs Las Vegas is the worst televised football product I have seen in a very very long time.
Poor play from everyone on all sides of the ball. Completely unwatchable.
Poor play from everyone on all sides of the ball. Completely unwatchable.
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 PM
This Kansas City vs Las Vegas is the worst televised football product I have seen in a very very long time.
Poor play from everyone on all sides of the ball. Completely unwatchable.
Poor play from everyone on all sides of the ball. Completely unwatchable.
You should see my kindergarten report card. I colored inside the lines like ALL. THE. TIME.
This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 AM
You should see my kindergarten report card. I colored inside the lines like ALL. THE. TIME.