Motivation and interest are important determinants of academic performance (Becker, 1997). However, engaging and motivating students involves presenting the material in an active and inclusive way. […]
A Socratic seminar is a specific instructional technique for leading classroom discussions that can be used to enhance an economics course. The focus here is to […]
This paper extends the strategy espoused by Holmgren (2017) to employ discrete choice utility tables to teach the consumer choice model in introductory microeconomics classes. These […]
Instructors of econometrics courses sometimes seek an empirical simultaneous equations application that, ideally, (i) goes beyond the two-equation case most often used in textbook examples, (ii) […]
Two relatively simple techniques are described to incorporate both research and writing into introductory-level economics classes. In one, students are asked to investigate the degree of […]
This paper presents a novel way to use Twitter to engage students in advanced economics courses. While prior research provides some uses of Twitter in introductory […]
In this article, the authors describe the core elements of an integrative economics-marketing course on international microenterprise development. The course covers issues related to poverty, market […]
The economic concepts of market formation, industrial organization, and the behavioral implications of market structure are difficult for students to conceptualize. In this paper, we establish […]
This work introduces a new approach to promoting independent study and quantitative skills in undergraduate theory courses. For the “Explore” project, students work in groups to […]
This paper describes an asynchronous classroom exchange rate experiment. Students trade foreign currencies at the end of each class with the balances carrying over to the […]
