This series of in-class activities utilizes a familiar favorite, Hasbro's Monopoly board game, in order to demonstrate economic development concepts that are common to most principles level macroeconomics courses. The basic Monopoly game rules are rigged in a variety of iterations to provide...

The Rockonomix assignment and Web site were developed (1) as tools to reward students who possess skills and talents that are traditionally undervalued in the economics classroom (e.g., creativity, artistic talents, technological skills, and communication skills) and (2) as a means of...

The literature on active learning and engaging pedagogy has grown since the turn of the century when William Becker challenged the economics education community to be “sexier” in order to attract more majors. While the effectiveness of teaching methods has been understudied, the available...

Research has shown that, at the principles level, economic education relies mainly on exams for assessment. Introducing differentiated assessment in economic education through active learning provides a way for economic educators to increase the level of learning and to assess a higher level of...

The cryptocurrency Bitcoin has been prominently featured in the news recently. Its ascension in value has been nothing short of extraordinary. This article briefly explains what Bitcoin is and how it works. The more challenging question is what Bitcoin — this cryptographic breakthrough —...