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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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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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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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Economic Behavior in Student Ratings of Teaching : Revenge or Reward?

Lin, Tin-Chun - 2008

In this paper, we apply economic behavior analysis to the issue of grades and student ratings of teaching, and develop econometric models (both OLS and 2SLS methods) to test the hypothesis that students rate their professors primarily based upon their midterm grades. Our findings reveal that...

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Show Me the Money! An Object Lesson in Which Students Actively Learn Money Supply Changes

Storino, Laura Shinn - 2008

The author describes a classroom activity in which macroeconomics principles students actively learn how banks create money by making loans and how changes in the required reserve ratio impact the money supply. The instructor uses game pieces and money from the well known Monopoly® board game...

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Can American Students Learn Economics in a Foreign Language and Learn Spanish in an Economics Course?

Kish-Goodling, Donna; Marx, Joan F. - 2003

This paper describes the experiences of team-teaching a course about the culture and economy of Spain in Spanish. Our pedagogical approach is interdisciplinary and experiential learning through short-term international travel combined with classes in the US. Conducted in Spanish, the course...

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The Benefits of Asynchronous Discussion in a Hybrid Economics Course : Evidence from a Large Enrollment Economics Course

Roach, Travis - 2015

As improvements in technology continue to be integrated within the collegiate classroom it is important to study the benefits, or costs, that are associated with adopting new pedagogical practices. This paper focuses on the role that asynchronous discussion can play in furthering student...

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Socio-Economic Determinants of Higher Education Student’s : A Case Study on Chittagong University

Sadek, Mohammad - 2016

Education is a social development, and highly educated those can inspire a society. Several factors affect academic achievements of students in higher education. In present study show that several factors that are affected by students. Data were collected from 100 graduate and post graduate...

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Why Study the Basics of Economics? A Student's Perspective

Hebert, David J. - 2011

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