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Teaching college economics

This authoritative literature review discusses a collection of classic and contemporary research articles examining the common ground that all academic economists share: the college classroom. The study analyses readings by leading authors covering all aspects of modern economic education research -...

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Other Authors: Grimes, Paul W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Pub. 2019, 2019
Series:The international library of critical writings in economics
Subjects:
Economics / Study And Teaching
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Papers and Proceedings, 92 (2), May, 444-48 -- 50. Dennis Coates, Brad R. Humphreys, John Kane and Michelle A. Vachris (2004), '"No Significant Distance" between Face-to-Face and Online Instruction: Evidence from Principles of Economics', Economics of Education Review, 23 (5), October, 533-46 -- 51. Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo (2014), '(Dis)Organization and Success in an Economics MOOC', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 104 (5), May, 514-18 -- 52. Rebecca Moryl (2013), 'T-Shirts, Moonshine, and Autopsies: Using Podcasts to Engage Undergraduate Microeconomics Students', International Review of Economics Education, 13, May, 67-74 --  
505 0 |a Part I, Issues and Questions', Journal of Economic Education, 14 (1), Winter, 10-17 -- 13. William E. Becker, Jr. (1983), 'Economic Education Research: Part II, New Directions in Theoretical Model Building', Journal of Economic Education, 14 (2), Spring, 4-10 -- 14. William E. Becker, Jr. (1983), 'Economic Education Research: Part III, Statistical Estimation Methods', Journal of Economic Education, 14 (3), Summer, 4-15 -- 15. William E. Becker, Jr. (1982), 'The Educational Process and Student Achievement Given Uncertainty in Measurement', American Economic Review, 72 (1), March, 229-36 -- 16. William E. Becker and William B. Walstad (1987), 'Statistical Methods in Economic Education Research', in Econometric Modeling in Economic Education Research, Chapter 1, Boston, MA, USA: Kluwer-Nijhoff Publishing, 1-17 --  
505 0 |a Do MyEconLab and Aplia Make Any Difference?', International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4 (1), 1-18 -- 34. Elisabeth Allison (1975), 'Self-Paced Instruction: A Review', Journal of Economic Education, 7 (1), Fall, 5-12 -- 35. Kim P. Huynh, David T. Jacho-Chávez and James K. Self (2010), 'The Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Recitation Sessions on Student Outcomes', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 100 (2), May, 287-91 -- 36. Vincent G. Munley, Eoghan Garvey and Michael J. McConnell (2010), 'The Effectiveness of Peer Tutoring on Student Achievement at the University Level', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 100 (2), May, 277-82 -- 37. Paul W. Grimes and Paul S. Nelson (1998), 'The Social Issues Pedagogy vs. the Traditional Principles of Economics: An Empirical Examination', American Economist, 42 (1), Spring, 56-64 --  
505 0 |a A Natural Experiment with Economics Problem Sets', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 96 (2), May, 447-52 -- 59. William B. Walstad and Denise Robson (1997), 'Differential Item Functioning and Male-Female Differences on Multiple-Choice Tests in Economics', Journal of Economic Education, 28 (2), Spring, 155-71 -- 60. Elizabeth J. Jensen and Ann L. Owen (2000), 'Why Are Women Such Reluctant Economists? Evidence from Liberal Arts Colleges', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 90 (2), May, 466-70 -- 61. Sue K. Stockly (2009), 'Is Race a Determinant of Student Performance in Economics?', Review of Black Political Economy, 36 (3-4), December-January, 181-95 -- 62. Andrea L. Ziegert (2000), 'The Role of Personality Temperament and Student Learning in Principles of Economics: Further Evidence', Journal of Economic Education, 31 (4), Fall, 307-22 --  
505 0 |a How Well Does a Literacy-Targeted Principles of Economics Course Prepare Students for Intermediate Theory Courses?', Journal of Economic Education, 43 (2), 111-32 
505 0 |a An Application in Principles of Economics', Journal of Economic Education, 13 (2), Summer, 26-39 -- 47. Paul W. Grimes and Margaret A. Ray (1993), 'Economics: Microcomputers in the College Classroom - A Review of the Academic Literature', Social Science Computer Review, 11 (4), Winter, 452-63 -- 48. Peter Navarro (2015), 'How Economics Faculty Can Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) in a Brave New Online World', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29 (4), Fall, 155-75 --  
505 0 |a 1. George J. Stigler (1970), 'The Case, if Any, for Economic Literacy', Journal of Economic Education, 1 (2), Spring, 77-84 -- 2. Michael K. Salemi and John J. Siegfried (1999), 'The State of Economic Education', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 89 (2), May, 355-61 -- 3. David Colander (2004), 'The Art of Teaching Economics', International Review of Economics Education, 3 (1), 63-76 -- 4. John J. Siegfried and Rendigs Fels (1979), 'Research on Teaching College Economics: A Survey', Journal of Economic Literature, XVII (3), September, 923-69 -- 5. William E. Becker (1997), 'Teaching Economics to Undergraduates', Journal of Economic Literature, XXXV (3), September, 1347-73 -- 6. Sam Allgood, William B. Walstad and John J. Siegfried (2015), 'Research on Teaching Economics to Undergraduates', Journal of Economic Literature, 53 (2), June, 285-325 --  
505 0 |a The Students' Perspective', International Review of Economics Education, 19, May, 36-50 -- 54. Peter W. Schuhmann, KimMarie McGoldrick and Robert T. Burrus (2005), 'Student Quantitative Literacy: Importance, Measurement, and Correlation with Economic Literacy', American Economist, 49 (1), Spring, 49-65 -- 55. William Bosshardt (2004), 'Student Drops and Failure in Principles Courses', Journal of Economic Education, 35 (2), Spring, 111-28 -- 56. Carlos Dobkin, Ricard Gil and Justin Marion (2010), 'Skipping Class in College and Exam Performance: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Classroom Experiment', Economics of Education Review, 29 (4), August, 566-75 -- 57. Joe Kerkvliet (1994), 'Cheating by Economics Students: A Comparison of Survey Results', Journal of Economic Education, 25 (2), Spring, 121-33 
505 0 |a The Teagle Discussion on Re-evaluating the Undergraduate Economics Major, Part 3, Chapter 8, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 83-91 -- 22. Mark H. Maier, KimMarie McGoldrick and Scott P. Simkins (2012), 'Starting Point: Pedagogic Resources for Teaching and Learning Economics', Journal of Economic Education, 43 (2), 215-20 -- 23. William E. Becker and Michael Watts (1996), 'Chalk and Talk: A National Survey on Teaching Undergraduate Economics', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 86 (2), May, 448-53 --  
505 0 |a Kluwer-Nijhoff Publishing, 73-98 -- 8. William B. Walstad and Ken Rebeck (2008), 'The Test of Understanding of College Economics', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 98 (2), May, 547-51 -- 9. William B. Walstad and Jamie Wagner (2016), 'The Disaggregation of Value-Added Test Scores to Assess Learning Outcomes in Economics Courses', Journal of Economic Education, 47 (2), 121-31 -- 10. John C. Soper and William B. Walstad (1983), 'On Measuring Economic Attitudes', Journal of Economic Education, 14 (4), Fall, 4-17 -- 11. Dale Van Metre (1976), 'A Learning Theory for Economics Instructional Development', Journal of Economic Education, 7 (2), Spring, 95-103 --  
505 0 |a Evidence from a Selective Liberal Arts College', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 106 (5), May, 368-72 -- 40. Carlos J. Asarta and James R. Schmidt (2017), 'Comparing Student Performance in Blended and Traditional Courses: Does Prior Academic Achievement Matter?', The Internet and Higher Education, 32, January, 29-38 -- 41. Campbell R. McConnell (1968), 'An Experiment with Television in the Elementary Course', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 58 (2), May, 469-82 -- 42. Elisabeth K. Allison (1976), 'The Use of Video in Economic Education', Journal of Economic Education, 8 (1), Fall, 27-36 -- 43. Paul W. Grimes, Timothy L. Krehbiel, Joyce E. Nielsen and James F. Niss, (1989), 'The Effectiveness of Economics U$A on Learning and Attitudes', Journal of Economic Education, 20 (2), Spring, 139-52 --  
505 0 |a Papers and Proceedings, 95 (2), May, 152-57 -- 69. William B. Walstad and William E. Becker (2010), 'Preparing Graduate Students in Economics for Teaching: Survey Findings and Recommendations', Journal of Economic Education, 41 (2), 202-10 -- 70. Georg Schaur, Michael Watts and William E. Becker (2008), 'Assessment Practices and Trends in Undergraduate Economics Courses', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 98 (2), May, 552-56 -- 71. Sam Allgood and William B. Walstad (2013), 'How Economists Allocate Time to Teaching and Research', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 103 (3), May, 654-58 -- 72. William B. Walstad and Ken Rebeck (2002), 'Assessing the Economic Knowledge and Economic Opinions of Adults', Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 42 (5), 921-35 --  
505 0 |a Papers and Proceedings, 84 (2), May, 201-5 -- 19. Phillip Saunders and Arthur L. Welsh (1998), 'Lectures as an Instructional Method', in William B. Walstad and Phillip Saunders (eds), Teaching Undergraduate Economics: A Handbook for Instructors, Chapter 12, New York, NY, USA: Irwin McGraw Hill, 167-83 
505 0 |a 73. Sam Allgood, William Bosshardt, Wilbert van der Klaauw and Michael Watts (2011), 'Economics Coursework and Long-Term Behavior and Experiences of College Graduates in Labor Markets and Personal Finance', Economic Inquiry, 49 (3), July, 771-94 
505 0 |a Strategies and Applications for Interactive Instruction, Chapter 11, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 243-61 -- 25. Yvonne Durham, Thomas McKinnon and Craig Schulman (2007), 'Classroom Experiments: Not Just Fun and Games', Economic Inquiry, 45 (1), January, 162-78 -- 26. Tisha L. N. Emerson and Linda K. English (2016), 'Classroom Experiments: Teaching Specific Topics or Promoting the Economic Way of Thinking?', Journal of Economic Education, 47 (4), 288-99 -- 27. Rita A. Balaban, Donna B. Gilleskie and Uyen Tran (2016), 'A Quantitative Evaluation of the Flipped Classroom in a Large Lecture Principles of Economics Course', Journal of Economic Education, 47 (4), 269-87 --  
505 0 |a An Examination of a Metacognitive Skill', Journal of Economic Education, 33 (1), Winter, 15-30 -- 64. Lester Hadsell (2010), 'Achievement Goals, Locus of Control, and Academic Success in Economics', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 100 (2), May, 272-76 -- 65. Mary Ellen Benedict and John Hoag (2002), 'Who's Afraid of Their Economics Classes? Why Are Students Apprehensive about Introductory Economics Courses? An Empirical Investigation', American Economist, 46 (2), Fall, 31-44 -- 66. Paul W. Grimes, Meghan J. Millea and Thomas W. Woodruff (2004), 'Grades - Who's to Blame? Student Evaluation of Teaching and Locus of Control', Journal of Economic Education, 35 (2), Spring, 129-47 -- 67. Florian Hoffmann and Philip Oreopoulos (2009), 'Professor Qualities and Student Achievement', Review of Economics and Statistics, 91 (1), February, 83-92 --  
505 0 |a A Quasi-Experimental Study', Journal of Economic Education, 46 (1), 1-13 -- 30. Paul L. Hettler (2015), 'Student Demographics and the Impact of Team-Based Learning', International Advances in Economic Research, 21 (4), November, 413-22 -- 31. KimMarie McGoldrick and Peter W. Schuhmann (2016), 'The Impact of Challenge Quizzes on Student Knowledge', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 106 (5), May, 373-77 -- 32. William Lee, Richard H. Courtney and Steven J. Balassi (2010), 'Do Online Homework Tools Improve Student Results in Principles of Microeconomics Courses?', American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 100 (2), May, 283-86 --  
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520 |a This authoritative literature review discusses a collection of classic and contemporary research articles examining the common ground that all academic economists share: the college classroom. The study analyses readings by leading authors covering all aspects of modern economic education research - from building theoretical models of student learning, to evaluating the long-run impact of economic knowledge on individual behavior. Specific attention is given to the growing literature that evaluates the effectiveness of modern technology and alternative pedagogies on student learning of economics. Written by an expert in the field, this review serves as a comprehensive guide for researchers who are interested in conducting classroom research 

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