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
As much as it pains me to say it... Dallas played better than us.
We sure look like we deserve to watch the playoffs from home.
We sure look like we deserve to watch the playoffs from home.
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
As much as it pains me to say it... Dallas played better than us.
We sure look like we deserve to watch the playoffs from home.
We sure look like we deserve to watch the playoffs from home.
Always the penalty. Couldn't be anything else.
Lose the game as we played it.
Lose the game as we played it.
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Always the penalty. Couldn't be anything else.
Lose the game as we played it.
Lose the game as we played it.
Every play is either a drop or flag... And I can only imagine how frustrating it has to be for Patrick.
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Every play is either a drop or flag... And I can only imagine how frustrating it has to be for Patrick.
Lol, replies to this post introduced me to the official "rude" tag. I chortled.
"developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%."
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Lol, replies to this post introduced me to the official "rude" tag. I chortled.
"developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%."
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%."
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
I think these awful penalty situations are the result of poor coaching. I don't think it's Andy's fault, but it IS his staff... So yes, it's Andy's fault.
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I think these awful penalty situations are the result of poor coaching. I don't think it's Andy's fault, but it IS his staff... So yes, it's Andy's fault.
I worked at a 364 grocery store in college (only closed for Xmas day), and these two days were our busiest every year. By a lot.
I love it and looked forward to working. You panicking and need one random thing? I will shepherd you through the storm.
I love it and looked forward to working. You panicking and need one random thing? I will shepherd you through the storm.
Shoutout to everyone like me who is running to the one open supermarket to get the one ingredient you forgot to get.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I worked at a 364 grocery store in college (only closed for Xmas day), and these two days were our busiest every year. By a lot.
I love it and looked forward to working. You panicking and need one random thing? I will shepherd you through the storm.
I love it and looked forward to working. You panicking and need one random thing? I will shepherd you through the storm.
Kansas City receivers standing still at 10 yards and then looking shocked they aren't open... Multiple guys! That's our whole season.
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Kansas City receivers standing still at 10 yards and then looking shocked they aren't open... Multiple guys! That's our whole season.
Shucks. Huntrix is somehow better live in the parade than on the recorded track...
Both super impressive and an illustration of how badly they ruined the recording with autotune.
Both super impressive and an illustration of how badly they ruined the recording with autotune.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Shucks. Huntrix is somehow better live in the parade than on the recorded track...
Both super impressive and an illustration of how badly they ruined the recording with autotune.
Both super impressive and an illustration of how badly they ruined the recording with autotune.
The hallmark of being married to @megmralph.bsky.social is asking simple yes/no questions and getting absolutely anything other than a yes/no answer.
(Yes, this post was pre-approved. I also want to stay married.)
(Yes, this post was pre-approved. I also want to stay married.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The hallmark of being married to @megmralph.bsky.social is asking simple yes/no questions and getting absolutely anything other than a yes/no answer.
(Yes, this post was pre-approved. I also want to stay married.)
(Yes, this post was pre-approved. I also want to stay married.)
Reposted by Michael Ralph
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
That's bad red zone work, Kansas City.
Not effective.
Not effective.
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
That's bad red zone work, Kansas City.
Not effective.
Not effective.
I got friends, in low places...
Where the whiskey drowns, and the beer chases, my blues away...
Where the whiskey drowns, and the beer chases, my blues away...
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I got friends, in low places...
Where the whiskey drowns, and the beer chases, my blues away...
Where the whiskey drowns, and the beer chases, my blues away...
If the control condition is "business as usual" and span of studies covers 31 years... I struggle to understand how you do not look at the age of the research as a potential explanatory variable.
Business as usual 30 years ago is pretty obviously different than last year.
Business as usual 30 years ago is pretty obviously different than last year.
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If the control condition is "business as usual" and span of studies covers 31 years... I struggle to understand how you do not look at the age of the research as a potential explanatory variable.
Business as usual 30 years ago is pretty obviously different than last year.
Business as usual 30 years ago is pretty obviously different than last year.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Having trouble donning your suit of plate armor before the big jousting tournament? Problematic page gap.
Bacteria keep running amok? Problematic phage gap.
Actors keep falling into the orchestra pit? Problematic stage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Having trouble donning your suit of plate armor before the big jousting tournament? Problematic page gap.
And yes, readers... that is a Taylor Swift allusion in this thread. I am a metal head living in a house full of Swifties. People have layers.
It's precious that academia can still surprise me. Of all the reactions I was prepared for... I did not expect full, stone-cold ignoring from everyone involved.
Not the author.
Not the associate editors.
Not the editor in chief.
Full court silence.
Not the author.
Not the associate editors.
Not the editor in chief.
Full court silence.
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And yes, readers... that is a Taylor Swift allusion in this thread. I am a metal head living in a house full of Swifties. People have layers.
It is rare that we do negative segments on my podcast, Two Pint PLC. Our philosophy is the strongest critique is to be ignored (and we have cut whole papers/segments in the past).
I also send author notices for every segment, good or bad... and I expected fireworks from this month's spicy segment.
I also send author notices for every segment, good or bad... and I expected fireworks from this month's spicy segment.
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It is rare that we do negative segments on my podcast, Two Pint PLC. Our philosophy is the strongest critique is to be ignored (and we have cut whole papers/segments in the past).
I also send author notices for every segment, good or bad... and I expected fireworks from this month's spicy segment.
I also send author notices for every segment, good or bad... and I expected fireworks from this month's spicy segment.
Teaching is a "public commitment."
Now you go tell two friends.
Now you go tell two friends.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Teaching is a "public commitment."
Now you go tell two friends.
Now you go tell two friends.
I have, more than once, attempted to dialogue a youth wearing a Nirvana T-shirt:
Me: Oh I love that band!
Them: What band?
Me: On your shirt.
Them: They're a band?
Me: 💀
Me: Oh I love that band!
Them: What band?
Me: On your shirt.
Them: They're a band?
Me: 💀
Just turned on a “classic rock” station to clean and the first song was Smells Like Teen Spirit and my god…
How did I get so old so quickly?
How did I get so old so quickly?
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I have, more than once, attempted to dialogue a youth wearing a Nirvana T-shirt:
Me: Oh I love that band!
Them: What band?
Me: On your shirt.
Them: They're a band?
Me: 💀
Me: Oh I love that band!
Them: What band?
Me: On your shirt.
Them: They're a band?
Me: 💀
This month's episode starts with a disappointing read of a paper that led us to a discussion of how AI-generated text differs from human-generated text.
The dangers of AI-writing include wholly inappropriate recommendations for teachers. This got spicy. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
The dangers of AI-writing include wholly inappropriate recommendations for teachers. This got spicy. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
105 Technology Applications & Feedback Structure - Podcast Episodes - Two Pint PLC
We discuss the implications of inappropriate technology use and differences in response to evaluation & feedback.
twopintplc.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This month's episode starts with a disappointing read of a paper that led us to a discussion of how AI-generated text differs from human-generated text.
The dangers of AI-writing include wholly inappropriate recommendations for teachers. This got spicy. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
The dangers of AI-writing include wholly inappropriate recommendations for teachers. This got spicy. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
What is the deal? So many penalties. Unreal.
The number of penalties in this DEN/KC game is bananas.
They are mostly good calls... It's the teams that can't play by the rules, apparently.
They are mostly good calls... It's the teams that can't play by the rules, apparently.
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What is the deal? So many penalties. Unreal.
The number of penalties in this DEN/KC game is bananas.
They are mostly good calls... It's the teams that can't play by the rules, apparently.
They are mostly good calls... It's the teams that can't play by the rules, apparently.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The number of penalties in this DEN/KC game is bananas.
They are mostly good calls... It's the teams that can't play by the rules, apparently.
They are mostly good calls... It's the teams that can't play by the rules, apparently.
What's that video from not that long ago where the reporter guy came home and started talking at his wife while she's trying to read her book... And he goes on for like 3 minutes...
That's me and @megmralph.bsky.social right now.
That's me and @megmralph.bsky.social right now.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
What's that video from not that long ago where the reporter guy came home and started talking at his wife while she's trying to read her book... And he goes on for like 3 minutes...
That's me and @megmralph.bsky.social right now.
That's me and @megmralph.bsky.social right now.
I produce and co-host an education research podcast that posts on the 12th of each month.
It was a wild ride as we sorted through the implications of poor writing... We also discussed how different perceptions of feedback shape its impact.
Spill some tea with us!
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
It was a wild ride as we sorted through the implications of poor writing... We also discussed how different perceptions of feedback shape its impact.
Spill some tea with us!
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
105 Technology Applications & Feedback Structure - Podcast Episodes - Two Pint PLC
We discuss the implications of inappropriate technology use and differences in response to evaluation & feedback.
twopintplc.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I produce and co-host an education research podcast that posts on the 12th of each month.
It was a wild ride as we sorted through the implications of poor writing... We also discussed how different perceptions of feedback shape its impact.
Spill some tea with us!
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
It was a wild ride as we sorted through the implications of poor writing... We also discussed how different perceptions of feedback shape its impact.
Spill some tea with us!
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...