Strategy

We offer insights and set up systems that help organizations to benefit from powerful data.

Design

We provide support around game, curriculum, and assessment design.

User Research

We take a user-centered approach to collecting rich data, reporting insights, and giving design recommendations.

Evaluation

We conduct rigorous studies to understand a product or curriculum’s effectiveness.

If you are interested in further offerings in edtech, check out Edtech Recharge—an organization I cofounded with Dr. Kripa Sundar to focus specifically on the needs of early- to mid-stage edtech startups.

Edtech startups and media makers to:

• Streamline the development of games and software that truly teach

• Create A-to-Z research solutions

So they can launch effective learning products as quickly as possible.

Schools, school districts, and non profits to:

• Collect and analyze data on student motivation and SEL

• Explore instructional and assessment techniques that work for online education 

So they can better understand students’ learning, set appropriate benchmarks, curate effective teaching methods, identify which skills empower meaningful outcomes, and create policies that will better meet students’ needs year over year.

Innovative companies to:

• Understand its users’ motivation and engagement

• Create theory-driven design solutions that motivate users to deeply engage

So users can benefit from companies’ offerings and companies can move the needle in terms of traffic, subscriptions, satisfaction, learnings, and overall growth.

Katalyst Methods 💙RESEARCH

Quantitative. Qualitative. Theory. Design. Data Collection. Analysis. Katalyst Methods loves research of all stripes and finds joy in every phase of the journey, from A to Z.

Our methodological expertise is vast, running the gamut from interviews to big data. 

Our skills run deep, including highly technical methods like game-log data analysis, which allows us to understand players’ motivation, and structural equation modeling (SEM), which is one of the best statistical tools we have for determining causality, helping us to discover, “Does using this product lead to the kinds of outcomes we care about?”

That’s why we can choose the best methods to answer every research question. We recognize each approach’s strengths and weaknesses and make informed, realistic decisions.