While this may appear to be a good opportunity to bring real-life examples into the classroom and show how economics applies during a global pandemic, we […]
Over the past decade, there has been a rapid rise in the U.S. federal debt, exacerbated by increased federal spending and lowered federal taxes. These policy […]
Entering the 2019–2020 academic year, my Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics classes incorporated the science of learning in a face-to-face format. These classes had […]
An invention activity is a teaching technique that involves giving students a difficult substantive problem that cannot be readily solved with any methods they have already […]
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 […]
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 […]
