As a parent and a teacher educator, I am acutely aware of the need to "practice what you preach." Yet, in both roles, I often find it a challenging axiom to carry out. When I warned my eldest child about the latest research on sleep deprivation, I resolved to make adequate sleep a priority in my routine. Similarly, when I volunteered to develop and teach a capstone course for M.Ed. students based on analyzing one's teaching, I determined to analyze my own teaching. In this article, I focus on one component of that ongoing self-study: my analysis of two M.Ed. students' work in which they analyze two of their K-12 students' work. Through this embedded design, I completed the identical assignment that I required of my students. The Role of Self-Study
