Janet Peters

Professor & Researcher. I try to make teaching stats a little more fun and a little less painful.

[Dr. Raechel N. Soicher @rnsoicher]

Excited and proud for my first in-person conference since 2019- Teaching Intro Psych Northwest. On a steering committee w/ @GarthNeufeld @ProfessorJanet Louise Chim. #TIP2022

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

One of the best on the biz. Can't wait to listen! @metzpsych @STP_ECP

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@GeorjeannaWD @vijisathy @LindsayMasland I third the midnight library - just read it for my book club. We had fun talking about which books we'd pick!

[DiverseAcademia @AcademiaDiverse]

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[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@friarbifur @Notawful Alisa Beyer & I used the GAISE goals for our STP e-book on the teaching of stats (in which @Notawful wrote on awesome chapter w/ some similar themes to her keynote today). We had each contributing author identify which areas overlapped with the GAISE report. GAISE is good stuff!

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

Watching Dr. Jessica Hartnett's keynote for Teaching Stats in Psych Conference. She answers what psych majors need to know about stats. Hint: it's LITERACY, not formulas. As always, I'm inspired by her work.

Stats education matters. Let's do it well! @Notawful leads the way

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@friarbifur @Notawful My hot take: If the focus for students is all formulas & hand calcs, and they can't recognize the ways stats help us understand and predict behavior, then we are missing the point COMPLETELY.

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@DMSitzman @Notawful Yes! @Notawful and I collected data about the state of teaching stats and a lot of folks are still teaching the math, not the literacy or skills that stats can provide for our psych majors. Behavior change is hard (especially getting people to teach in new, unfamiliar ways).

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

This analogy encapsulates the importance of stats and the need to re-think how we develop our stats courses. Let's not give them an esoteric tool with limited use, but show them ALL THE WAYS stats matter.

@Notawful

[Angela Staples (astaples on 🟦☁️) @astaples_mi]

Teaching #PsychStats as a Swiss Army knife of tools rather than a stem remover

@Notawful walking the walk with compelling examples from Pew Research, medical decision making, and the weather

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@jorowags @bmorling @Notawful My fave so far: Statistics aren't a strawberry stem remover, they are a swiss army knife. An important point for what students can get out of the class!

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@thegreatratsby @katz_IO Yes! I love it when the memes are so awesome I want them for lecture!

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@thegreatratsby @katz_IO Were they fun to read?! I am always so delighted by what some of my students come up with! Memes and jokes that would never occur to me. Gives me joy during end of semester grading.

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@metzpsych @rnsoicher @Notawful Already registered and blocked the days! But bc of the time change, it starts waaaay too early for me (6am, I think). Yuck. But still totally worth it. I can't wait!

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@Notawful I'm going to be there! Can't wait!

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

Excited to share ideas and resources for incorporating career skill development into any course. Come join the conversation! #WPA2021

[Dr. Raechel N. Soicher @rnsoicher]

Day 2 #WPA2021 won't disappoint! @ProfessorJanet on incorporating career readiness, @ReganARGurung & @GarthNeufeld discussing APA IPI, & Bryan Karazsia on Teaching Coding Skills in Psych #TeachPsych @APAEducation @TeachPsych

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

Come join us for #WPA2021! Lots of great discussions about teaching!

[Dr. Raechel N. Soicher @rnsoicher]

WPA Conference on Teaching is happening virtually next week! Check out our great schedule and join us if you can. (https://t.co/NhDXtzoId7) #WPA2021
Featuring greats like @ProfessorJanet @AnnaRopp @leslie_bern @profAmeer1868 @ReganARGurung

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@ReganARGurung @TheCTTL I NEED this! How can I get a set?!

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

@metzpsych gets me. Nothing better than a good stats meme.

#ihavethebestcolleagues #statsmemes

[Janet Peters @ProfessorJanet]

See how I integrate skill building in my courses (plus links to APA skill sheet and PPTs for how I communicate some of that content to students).