Bring Your Statistics Class to Life with Community-Engaged Learning with Jana Asher and Jeffrey Musyt

Is it possible to help our math students become better citizens, while teaching them statistics?

Tune in to today’s episode with Jana Asher & Jeffrey Musyt, assistant professors at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of Slippery Rock University. Through the Office of Community Engaged Learning at Slippery Rock University, Jana & Jeffrey have been using ‘community-engagement' projects to level up how they teach Statistics and will share how you can do the same in your classroom!

The key topics discussed in this episode include:

• How to use statistics as a tool for becoming a good citizen [6.06]
• How to foster relationships with community partners in your school [12.32]
• Know what to do (and not to do) when creating a community-engaged project [18.00]
• Jana shares the importance of having a backup dataset plan [19.45]
• Even as a teacher, it is OKAY to make mistakes [22.44]

Connect with Jana Asher & Jeffrey Musyt

• To get Jana & Jeffrey’s Presentation on Community-Engaged Learning, email them at jana.asher@sru.edu or jeffrey.musyt@sru.edu.
• Jana’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janaasher/
• Office for Community Engaged Learning: https://www.sru.edu/offices/community-engaged-learning
• Campus Compact: https://compact.org/

Connect with Allison Dillard

• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Allison-Dillard/e/B07PV43V59
• Website: https://www.allisonlovesmath.com/
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Get the first 2 Chapters of Allison's upcoming book, Crush Hypothesis Testing, for free at https://www.allisonlovesmath.com/free