Teaching economics to undergraduates : alternatives to chalk and talk /
Teaching economics to undergraduates : alternatives to chalk and talk /
edited by William E. Becker and Michael Watts.
- xvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Teaching Economics: What Was, Is, and Could Be -- Active and Cooperative Learning -- Making Cooperative Learning Work in Economics Classes -- Gender and Active Learning -- Student Decision Making as Active Learning: Experimental Economics in the Classroom -- Writing, the Internet, and Discovery Through Sampling -- Integrating the Practice of Writing into Economics Instruction -- Using the Internet and Computer Technology to Teach Economics -- Using Monte Carlo Studies for Teaching Econometrics -- Examples from the World Around Us -- Using Sports to Teach Economics -- Using Literature and Drama in Undergraduate Economics Courses -- Acceptance Speeches by the Nobel Laureates in Economics -- Using Cases as an Effective Active Learning Technique -- Engaging Students in Quantitative Analysis with the Academic and Popular Press -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1858989728 9781858989723
98048149
Economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
HB74.8. / T4 1998
330.071173
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Teaching Economics: What Was, Is, and Could Be -- Active and Cooperative Learning -- Making Cooperative Learning Work in Economics Classes -- Gender and Active Learning -- Student Decision Making as Active Learning: Experimental Economics in the Classroom -- Writing, the Internet, and Discovery Through Sampling -- Integrating the Practice of Writing into Economics Instruction -- Using the Internet and Computer Technology to Teach Economics -- Using Monte Carlo Studies for Teaching Econometrics -- Examples from the World Around Us -- Using Sports to Teach Economics -- Using Literature and Drama in Undergraduate Economics Courses -- Acceptance Speeches by the Nobel Laureates in Economics -- Using Cases as an Effective Active Learning Technique -- Engaging Students in Quantitative Analysis with the Academic and Popular Press -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
1858989728 9781858989723
98048149
Economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
HB74.8. / T4 1998
330.071173