The Impact of Classroom Experiments on the Learning of Economics : An Empirical Investigation

This paper provides limited evidence on the effectiveness of a simple classroom experiment. In different courses in environmental economics or public finance, a brief take-some game was performed. Students who took part in this classroom experiment, as well as those who just watched it, were more successful in answering a multiple-choice test on the "tragedy of the commons" than control groups from the same courses

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Frank, Björn
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Experiment \| Wirtschaftsstudium \| Graduate economics education \| Lernprozess \| Learning process \| Deutschland \| Germany
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economic Inquiry, Vol XXXV, No 4, October 1997 Volltext nicht verfügbar
Classification:	A20 - Economics Education and Teaching of Economics. General ; C99 - Design of Experiments. Other
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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