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Using a student evaluation of teaching instrument, students were given the opportunity to evaluate instructors at the …
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Almost all students at American colleges and universities use student evaluations to rate their professors. However … data both engage students in empirical work and produce some interesting results …
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linguistic factors controlling the effects of question construction and students' background. Empirical results have important … impacts on the performance of students with different language backgrounds. The IRT-based ability and difficulty help explain …
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For students, the last hurdle before summer break is final exams. However, studying for final exams requires focus and … motivation that may be difficult for students fighting end of semester distractions. Students are likely looking forward to … students focus on finishing the semester strong. Topics included in this paper are scarcity, opportunity costs, comparative …
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This paper investigates the determinants of students' attitude toward economic literacy. Because the majority of … students take principles courses as required rather than as elective the question of interest is what may cause students who … prior research findings a simultaneous equations probit model is built and estimated using data collected from students …
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This study investigates the effect of the use of computers per se and the use of graphs on students' achievement in … learning college level introductory economics. The study is based on an experiment in which students could engage in equivalent … learning activities either using a workbook or using a computer, and in which students were encouraged to learn graphs and use …
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We employ a production function approach to analyze the performance of our intermediate theory students. The dependent …
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Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) have been suggested as one possible cause for low representation of women among academic economists. While econometric analyses using control variables certainly report that SETs can be influenced by the gender of both teacher and student, such studies may...
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differences between two groups of undergraduate Economics students. The treatment group and the control group have similar exam …
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