This guide provides advice on doing a student-led undergraduate research project in empirical economics to both students and faculty members. For students, research projects are good […]
Active learning approaches generally train students in higher-level skills like synthesis and evaluation through writing, discussion, or problem solving. At the same time, long-term learning gains […]
Classroom demonstrations that engage learners act as transversals (Picault, 2019) to achieve content acquisition. We bring together two highly engaging hands-on activities that utilize ice cream […]
This paper explores how music can be used to teach macroeconomic concepts, such as economic growth, unemployment, inflation, monetary policy, and fiscal policy. While economists and […]
We outline an early-semester social activity designed to engage students with course material at an early point in the semester, but also to foster social and […]
Our Principles of Economics (Mateer and Coppock, 2020) textbook is now in its third edition. Like other textbook authors, the publication cycle drives our content decisions […]
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic offers instructors a real-world event through which to apply principles of microeconomics; basic content taught in the standard course can be used […]
The COVID-19 pandemic offers a real-world framework to teach basic macroeconomics. Decreases in economic activity led to severe downturns in economic growth and increased unemployment. Both […]
The “Candy Price Index” by Hazlett and Hill (2003) introduces students to the biases of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This paper extends their assignment to […]
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, an analogy is “a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect.” This paper presents practical examples […]
