Introductory macroeconomics students frequently struggle to connect abstract economic models to real-world experiences. Students selected real-world photographs and used them to narrate macroeconomic concepts in a […]
Intermediate microeconomics students comfortable with perfect competition and monopoly often struggle with the perfectly discriminating monopolist, a firm that charges every consumer exactly their willingness to […]
The proliferation of text-as-data methods in economics research has not yet been matched by curricular innovation at the undergraduate level. This article presents a pedagogical framework […]
In economics education, a persistent challenge is the high opportunity cost associated with instructor preparation time for developing active learning exercises. This paper introduces the AI-Generated […]
This paper presents a method for teaching the impact of oil shocks on marginal costs to introductory and intermediate undergraduate economics students. Marginal costs are derived […]
First-generation students (FGS) constitute a substantial share of the college population, yet often face challenges in analytical courses such as economics. We analyze key obstacles that […]
We describe two joint four-hour workshops for economics and mathematics courses, in which student groups prepare to enter an existing market for standardized test preparation tutoring […]
This paper presents a quick and easy-to-adopt classroom activity. While graphs are a great way to communicate data, instruction benefits from more modalities. Five students represent […]
Since its 2018 debut, Bluey has become the world’s most streamed show and a Gen-Z phenomenon driven by viral clips. Its broad appeal and short episodes […]
Innovation is central to economic growth, market competition, and long-run development. Yet economics instruction, especially at the introductory level, often presents innovation as an abstract outcome […]
