One of the most controversial educational practices among American public schools is the use of ability-tracking of students. Over the years, tracking has received harsh criticism. In fact, policymakers have launched initiatives to discourage tracking across the nation, and started recommending...

Chapter 1 Classroom Experiments: A Useful Tool for Learning about Economic and Entrepreneurial Decisions -- Chapter 2 An experience in teaching innovation based on collaborative learning and the Aronson jigsaw technique -- Chapter 3 Learning by teaching and assessing: A teaching experience --...

In this paper we explore the impact of a teaching strategy based on lectures and mini case studies in teaching a financial management course to MBA students on student learning strategies and their performance, and on the development of critical thinking skills. Kolb's LSI and the CCTST have...

This paper summarizes an experience in teaching Management to undergraduate Engineering students. The aim was to enable, motivate, lead and coach students in learning management skills and concepts through their engagement in organizational and management work. This was closely associated with...

The subject of linkages is the next logical step in growing movement to address the impact of international trade rules on other areas of the law formerly conceived of as either autonomous to international trade concerns or as purely domestic concerns. Conceiving of this set of issues as a...

In Christian universities, leaders, teachers and students expend great energy to discern the purpose and place of Christian higher education. Christian schools seek a path of academic and intellectual rigor while hoping to secure a peculiar identity and mission. Christian educators work to...

Motivational aspects in knowledge management have so far largely been considered from the perspective of designing and implementing incentives that influence the extrinsic motivation of employees to participate, contribute, share etc. This is increasingly considered problematic so that this...

Education in economics has trended away from “chalk and talk” toward alternative pedagogical approaches in recent years. This paper documents one such approach used to illustrate economic concepts, the use of film clips from ESPN 30 for 30. This series can be used to augment traditional...