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 […]
In this paper, we develop a gamification technique for three typical topics pertaining to macroeconomics classrooms, whereby the television game show The Amazing Race is used […]
We represent the daughter-son interaction in providing care for an elderly parent as: (1) a coordination game or (2) a fair division problem. These formulations allow […]
We explore the use of Tradle, a geography-based quiz game, in an international trade course to improve students’ understanding of global economics. This note details the […]
