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...

Literature shows that retrieval of knowledge improves students' performance on exams (e.g., McDaniel et al. 2007; Roediger et al. 2011). In this study, we provide students in online and face-to-face Principles of Macroeconomics courses with practice questions that resemble the ones given on an...

Student evaluations are used for administrative purposes across U.S. colleges and universities. Starting with the hiring a faculty member to promotion and tenure, to annual evaluations and post-tenure evaluations, student evaluations of faculty play a major role, not only at quot;teaching...

As shown by Tversky and Kahneman (1991), framing an outcome as a loss causes individuals to expend extra effort to avoid that outcome. Since classroom performance is a function of student effort in search of a higher grade, we seek to use loss aversion to encourage student effort. This field...

The economics profession lacks gender and racial diversity, so interventions at the graduate and professional level have been introduced to minimize the effect of the “leaky pipeline.” Since economic educators lack training in classroom management and student interaction skills, I present...

The aim of this research it to examine 1. Entrepreneurship Education towards Entrepreneurial Intention, have a huge effect, 2. Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy against Entrepreneurial Intention, have a major impact, 3. Genders towards Entrepreneurial Intention, have an insignificant effect, 4....

Twitter is useful for academic economists to follow current research and public policy and to engage with their colleagues, students, and the general public. It is also a great place to gather information relevant to undergraduate economics courses. A course specific twitter hashtag embedded in...

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...