This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 29, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. After teaching statistics classes for more than 25 years
After teaching statistics classes for more than 25 years and seeing so many students struggling to be successful, I became increasingly frustrated by the fact that no matter how much I believed myself to be approachable, available, and willing to help students outside of class, very few took advantage of the opportunity. I began to wonder not only what barriers existed between me and my students but also how to investigate those barriers and seek solutions.
