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Using Multimedia to Teach Economics
Geerling, Wayne - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 2011
This article examines the pedagogical benefits of using multimedia in the teaching of economics at an undergraduate … for students. The final section ties in the use of multimedia with broader debates among economists about the appropriate … level of government intervention in the economy. The paper concludes by arguing that the use of multimedia has strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143623
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Evaluating Robert Franks Economic Naturalist Writing Assignment
Geerling, Wayne - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 2011
This paper begins by asking a fundamental question: why do students who take Economics at an introductory level often leave the subject without understanding even the most basic economic principles? The superficial answer seems to be that courses try to cover too many concepts at the expense of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010615379
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Using Multimedia to Teach Economics
Geerling, Wayne - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 2011
This article examines the pedagogical benefits of using multimedia in the teaching of economics at an undergraduate … for students. The final section ties in the use of multimedia with broader debates among economists about the appropriate … level of government intervention in the economy. The paper concludes by arguing that the use of multimedia has strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541493
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The power of economic textbooks: A discourse analysis
Bäuerle, Lukas - 2019
By conducting a discourse analysis (SKAD) in the field of academic economics textbooks, this paper aims at reconstructing frames and identity options offered to undergraduate students relating to the questions "Why study economics?"and "Who do I become by studying economics?". The analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039991
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Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Is Not Who You Teach, but How You Teach
Orlov, George; McKee, Douglas; Berry, James; Boyle, Austin - 2020
We use standardized end-of-course knowledge assessments to examine student learning during the disruptions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining seven economics courses taught at four US R1 institutions, we find that students performed substantially worse, on average, in Spring 2020 when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322612
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Class attendance and university performance
Hoffmann, Anna-Lena; Lerche, Katharina - 2016
Using survey data collected at Göttingen University, Germany, this paper evaluates the effect of attending the lecture and/or tutorial on the grade achieved in two basic courses in business administration and economics. The analysis shows that going to class has no significant impact on student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503477
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Classroom Games: Trading in a Pit Market 2.0
Markwardt, Gunther; Seidel, André; Thum, Marcel - 2016
We have developed a computerized version of Charles Holt’s classical market game that can be used even in classes with a large audience. The Pit market game gives students intuitive access to the interaction of supply and demand in real-world markets. Even though trade can take place at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539570
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Class attendance and university performance
Hoffmann, Anna-Lena; Lerche, Katharina - 2016
Using survey data collected at Göttingen University, Germany, this paper evaluates the effect of attending the lecture and/or tutorial on the grade achieved in two basic courses in business administration and economics. The analysis shows that going to class has no significant impact on student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503089
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Classroom games : trading in a pit market 2.0
Markwardt, Gunther; Seidel, André; Thum, Marcel - 2016
We have developed a computerized version of Charles Holt’s classical market game that can be used even in classes with a large audience. The Pit market game gives students intuitive access to the interaction of supply and demand in real-world markets. Even though trade can take place at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541284
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Emporiophobia (Fear of Markets) : Cooperation or Competition?
Rubin, Paul H. - 2013
There is widespread emporiophobia (fear of markets) and this has important policy implications as it leads voters to demand anti-market policies. There are many reasons for this anti-market attitude. However, economists could reduce emporiophobia if we stressed cooperation rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072364