Economists frequently deal with multi-dimensional functions; obvious examples include statistical optimization and simulation of all but the simplest models. However, unlike their two-dimensional cousins, multi-dimensional functions are difficult or nearly impossible to visualize. While there is...

The associate editor for the Online Section of the <italic>Journal of Economic Education</italic> briefly describes a successful submission to the section. Many examples are given from recent issues.

For many years, surveys have shown that lecture is the dominant method for teaching principles of economics (Watts and Schaur 2011; Watts and Becker 2008; Becker and Watts 1996, 2001a, b). The authors confirm this and augment it by asking why principles instructors teach the way they do. The...

The International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics provides a comprehensive resource for instructors and researchers in economics, both new and experienced. This wide-ranging collection is designed to enhance student learning by helping economic educators learn more about course...

During the past 10 years, teaching with computer technology, such as e-mail and the Web, has become customary throughout undergraduate economic education. The authors review the literature on the implications for student learning, present specific educational activities that use a number of...

The nature of computing is changing and it poses both challenges and opportunities for economists. Instead of increasing clock speed, future microprocessors will have "multi-cores" with separate execution units. "Threads" or other multi-processing techniques that are rarely used today are...

This paper shows how a forward-shooting algorithm can be easily implemented using the Matlab programming language. In the paper we develop and implement a forward-shooting numerical algorithm for computing the dynamics of a small representative agent macroeconomic model when subjected to an...