Author: Betsy Lewis

In data collection,  there is a lot of room for assumption-making on both the side of the researchers and the side of the participants, which will then give birth to assumptions in the interpretation. The wording of questions is automatically understood by the person(s) who write them. Those researcher-writers take for granted that any given…

I was confused throughout the process of the Implementation Research Design. Was I studying an implementation that already occurred, as I understood from class, or was I designing an implementation, or planning research on an existing implementation? Did that implementation need to have been successful? Is this in APA 7th paper format, or do I…

I would like to study the Dallas Independent School District’s  implementation of READ 180, a reading intervention system with accompanying software. Dallas ISD purchased READ for $5 million, but for the fall 2022 semester, only two high schools in the district had implemented the program into their English Language Arts and Reading curriculum despite a…

I think my presentation went well, overall. I did not reset my timer after the first five-minute warning, so I’m not sure how long I actually spoke, which is worrisome since I’m a youngest child (childhood nickname: “Showboat Needs Attention”). I liked the simplicity of my slides, which was not accidental — I took time…

Some Words About Design Decisions I used block formatting to separate each element of my infographic. Small chunks of text were simplified without compromising meaning, and in most cases, a unique, corresponding graphic image was placed next to each text chunk.This decision conforms to principles of instructional message design through visual communication by incorporating static…

I chose Activity Theory as my implementation theory. I knew only what was introduced in the lecture beforehand, and I made the assumption that it would be predicated on “learning by doing.” I’m a believer in that philosophy, but my assumption was off; Activity Theory, at this point in its evolution, would be more accurately…

I didn’t do good work this semester. It started with house issues, then health issues, which both took priority until resolved. I had my own resolution to take better care of myself this semester than I did last semester. I did that, and there were times when I chose rest over grades, acknowledging to myself…

Several years ago, there was a popular copy-and-paste scolding making its way around Facebook. It was an open reprimand of anyone who uses the word “research” to mean a deep dive on Google about a topic of interest. The correction delineates the scientific process of research. The posting I saw was by an actor, weirdly.…

Education theories are predicated on teachers and students.  In the past nine months, I have been introduced to a lot of education theories. Not one of them has entered the world of my day job teaching in an urban public high school, implicitly or explicitly.  I think anyone building education theory should teach in a…

Several years ago, there was a popular copy-and-paste scolding making its way around Facebook. It was an open reprimand of anyone who uses the word “research” to mean a deep dive on Google about a topic of interest. The correction delineates the scientific process of research. The posting I saw was by an actor, weirdly.…