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Rational Expectations in the Classroom: A Learning Activity

Blackwell, Calvin - In: Journal for Economic Educators 10 (2010) 2, pp. 1-6

The author describes a technique whereby students truthfully reveal their perceptions regarding the difficulty of an assignment. After completing the assignment, each student guesses his/her class' average score on the assignment. The student is informed that if his/her guess is within one...

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“Academic Coaching” for Enhanced Learning, Higher Levels of Student Responsibility, and Greater Retention

Barkley, Andrew P. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

The relationship between teachers and students has changed. Many writers have put forth hypotheses and ideas about how the current generation of students (Gen‐Y; the “Me Generation”) differs from previous generations. Others focus on teaching methods, course strategies, and technological...

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Is traditional teaching really all that bad? : a within-student between-subject approach

Schwerdt, Guido; Wuppermann, Amelie C. - 2009

Recent studies conclude that teachers are important for student learning but it remains uncertain what actually determines effective teaching. This study directly peers into the black box of educational production by investigating the relationship between lecture style teaching and student...

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Is Traditional Teaching really all that Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach

Schwerdt, Guido; Wuppermann, Amelie C. - CESifo - 2009

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Teaching practices and cognitive skills

Bietenbeck, Jan - In: Labour Economics 30 (2014) C, pp. 143-153

traditional teaching practices (such as learning by rote) and an increase in the use of modern teaching practices (such as working … the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to show that traditional and modern teaching practices … promote different cognitive skills in students. In particular, traditional teaching practices increase students' factual …

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Teaching practices and cognitive skills

Bietenbeck, Jan - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 30 (2014), pp. 143-153

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Student entrepreneurship clusters : A new way for entrepreneurship education ?

Léger-Jarniou, Catherine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

Widespread demand has recently arisen for measures to be taken to provide students in higher education with the opportunity to acquire entrepreneurial skills. Echoes of this demand are to be found in recent work produced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and in...

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Teaching Practices and Social Capital

Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Shleifer, Andrei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of … firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus … institutional outcomes. We then use micro-data to investigate the influence of teaching practices on student beliefs about …

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Plurality to pluralism in economics pedagogy: the role of critical thinking

Negru, Ioana - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 1 (2010) 3, pp. 185-193

not new (see Colander and Klamer, 1987; Krueger et al., 1991; Colander, 1998). A reform of teaching practices within …

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