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This paper suggests the use of Russian proverbs related to money to engage Russian-speaking students in the business … classroom. Russian proverbs enhance teaching by appealing to Russian students' cultural background, by presenting ideas in a …-speaking instructors to break down language barriers and to develop a close relationship with students. The use of Russian proverbs …
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The relationship between student online activity (including access to specific course materials) and student performance is examined in a traditional face-to-face introductory finance course supported with a class web site. Six measures are used: total hits, hit consistency, number of unique...
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This paper builds upon the work of Dalton and Logan (forthcoming a) by describing the motivation for and mechanics of teaching a course dedicated to Schumpeter as a study abroad program in the city of Vienna. We argue that the qualities Vienna possesses, both historical and contemporary, make a...
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undergraduate accounting and finance students. The goal of the program was to provide undergraduate accounting and finance students … undergraduate students. The program was conducted over a six-year period, resulting in ten publications in peer reviewed journals as … here as one tool in their arsenal to help faculty maintain academic qualifications while simultaneously benefiting students …
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This paper examines professor teaching and research ratings. Specifically, this research examines the extent to which professors excel both at teaching and research. Similarly, this work examines the extent that professors who excel in one area are deficient in the other. Data for analysis...
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students in two ways. The “payoff” in the game involves the possibility of students earning a small number of extra points …. Also, we find that presenting experimental results to students enhances their interest in the material. For example, we … find evidence that female students are less likely to “defect” than are male students, and that international students are …
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In many universities, economics teachers now face the challenge of dealing with large, diverse classes, especially at … undergraduate level. A common concern is the non-attendance at lectures of unmotivated (conscript) students. This paper presents the … course. The results obtained, using an econometric model, suggest that what students do outside of lectures is equally, or …
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strategies to facilitate their academic progress. This study investigates the reading behaviour of junior students of business/economics … college-level reading may be difficult even in the first language. It is therefore useful to analyse students’ use of reading … students' awareness of reading strategies and their reading confidence (i.e. self-perceived competence in text retelling). The …
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attention and engagement of college students. By observing the behavior of a large population of participants in an identical … on such lecture participation drives this result. Interestingly, among those students who actually execute a given task …
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