One of the biggest challenges of teaching macroeconomics to undergraduate students is bridging the gap between intermediate and modern micro-founded macroeconomic models. Model simulations help by […]
This article presents a redesign of a Money, Credit, and Banking course to provide viable alternatives and/or supplements to a traditional textbook. Open educational resources from […]
This paper presents a teaching approach that integrates archival data into undergraduate economics instruction to build data literacy and foster critical thinking. Developed through a research […]
This paper describes a project developed for an undergraduate International Economics course. Students are organized into groups, and each group is assigned one country. Each group […]
Writing-to-learn strategies help students engage more deeply with economics, especially when they prompt moral reflection. Through writing, peer feedback, and guided AI use, instructors can invite […]
Teaching economics to “digital native” students could benefit from methods that align with their motivations and daily experiences, complementing traditional lectures. Popular culture, such as comics, […]
Economists agree that specialization and trade improve living standards, yet public skepticism toward trade is rising. This suggests economics instructors need innovative ways to present trade’s […]
This paper presents a structured, student-led interview strategy designed to address common misconceptions about economic concepts, particularly the unemployment rate, in asynchronous online courses. By engaging […]
The Scoreboard for Excel website (https://www.scoreboardexcel.com/) offers instructors a free download of the program and tutorial videos for assignment creation. The Appendix to this article contains […]
I describe a multi-part group policy project in a Principles of Microeconomics course, where students critically analyze an assigned policy. In the first part, students write […]
