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Whose Opinion is it Anyway? Determinants of Participation in Student Evaluation of Teaching

Kherfi, Samer - 2010

Using data that identify the respondents to Student Evaluation of Teaching, the author finds that respondents and nonrespondents are different, along several characteristics. Students respond more if they are first-term freshmen, or if the course is a major requirement. Men, students with light...

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Information and Communication Technology is a Catalyst in Papua New Guinean Education - Key Challenges for Development

Rena, Ravinder - 2015

The most important development of the last few years in the world is the rapid growth and spread of information and communications technology (ICT) in numerous areas. It is generally accepted that ICT increases materialistic and moral value, and is widely used in areas of education, economy,...

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The Educational Value of the College Fed Challenge

Brusentsev, Vera; Miller, Jeffrey - 2011

The College Fed Challenge, a competition between undergraduate students from different colleges and universities, is designed to enhance the development of research, critical thinking, and presentation skills. This paper analyzes the value of the competition as an instrument for improving...

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Magnitude and Divergence of Student Evaluations

Pruitt, J. Ross; Dicks, Michael R.; Tilley, Daniel S. - 2011

beginning and end of the semester. Previous research suggests that end of semester evaluations reflect initial expectations …

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Evaluating the Impact of a Web-Based Resource on Student Learning

Olczak, Matthew - 2014

This paper reports on an experiment of using a publisher provided web-based resource to make available a series of optional practice quizzes and other supplementary material to all students taking a first year introductory microeconomics module. The empirical analysis evaluates the impact these...

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Recognising and Building on Freshman Students’ Prior Knowledge of Economics

Cameron, Michael; Lim, Steven - 2011

The results of three surveys of freshman economics students (2008-2010) at the Waikato Management School, New Zealand, suggest that incoming students have significant levels of prior economics knowledge. Given this head start in knowledge, we have expanded our freshman lecture material with more...

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‘Economics with Training Wheels’ : Using Blogs in Teaching and Assessing Introductory Economics

Cameron, Michael - 2015

. This paper explores the use of blogs in the teaching and assessment of a small (40-60 students) introductory economics … paper. The role of blogs as a teaching, learning and assessment tool are discussed. Using qualitative and quantitative data … collected across four semesters, students’ participation in the blog assessment is found to be associated with student ability …

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The Importance of Introductory Subjects in Advanced Economics Studies

Chowdhury, Mamta B.; Mallik, Girijasankar - 2010

Academic performance in the introductory year of tertiary education is one of the major predictors of performance in advanced level subjects. This paper investigates the relative importance of introductory economics and quantitative units in higher level economics study. The multi-year data set...

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Xtranomics : Where Xtranormal Meets Economics

Engel, Russell - 2012

Students are often quite good at memorizing and replicating definitions and concepts on exams in the context in which those definitions and concepts are taught. What many students have more difficulty with is applying the material they learn in the classroom to a broader range of scenarios. This...

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Mathematics Skills and Everyday Problem Solving

Gallo, Andres A.; Johnson, Christopher K. - 2007

We administer a basic mathematics exam to over 600 students enrolled in various college economics courses to understand what factors influence a student's ability to use basic math skills in solving simple real world problems. We find that students with strong elementary math skills are better...

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