theory and empirics. The recent FRED Excel based application permits students to easily collect, manipulate, and plot … macroeconomic data. It also allows students to use this information to validate and reinforce the theoretical models discussed in …

prior experiences and prior stored information. In the case of economics, students’ prior experiences can interfere with … using generative learning teaching techniques to help instructors assess whether students are correctly integrating new …

benefits to students even in larger courses often criticized for their inability to provide students quality learning …

The purpose of this study is to examine a controversial debate whether students who spend more time on completing the … students' efforts) on an assignment and students' learning outcomes. The study uses a unique dataset with the students’ out …

-learning process. This research presents a joint strategy of intervention aimed at improving students' class participation and … exercise use has improved students' grades. Although participation in class and on-line seminars seem to have no influence on … students. An analysis of the satisfaction of students shows a slightly higher preference for the active learning instruments in …

students in critical action. Critical action takes students beyond critical thinking, teaching them to think critically in …, students critically analyzed the neo-classical rational actor model of market failure, and then designed a project to … simultaneously test this model and undertake a socially beneficial activity. Students' reactions to the project are presented and …

a B- or to a B. We find that collegiate GPA data offer the best proxy for students' individual propensities to learn …

on students' learning efficiency. The results indicate that the main effects of the re-organization on the learning … efficiency was a decreasing importance of students' attendance and of continuous preparation of the material …