. This paper explores the use of blogs in the teaching and assessment of a small (40-60 students) introductory economics … collected across four semesters, students’ participation in the blog assessment is found to be associated with student ability …, gender, and whether they are distance learners. Importantly, students with past economics experience do not appear to crowd …

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 course load, and students with low CGPA or low course grade are less …-invariant student characteristics confirms that students who do better in a course are more likely to participate in SET. In addition …

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 students' midterm grades are positively and significantly related to … that a number of students have ever used student ratings of teaching for revenge on or to reward professors, and professors …

This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students' major choices. We exploit a natural … experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An … important component of the first-year curriculum that varies between students involves a multi-term research paper in business …

This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students' major choices. We exploit a natural … experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An … important component of the first-year curriculum that varies between students involves a multi-term research paper in business …

college-level reading may be difficult even in the first language. It is therefore useful to analyse students’ use of reading … strategies to facilitate their academic progress. This study investigates the reading behaviour of junior students of business … students' awareness of reading strategies and their reading confidence (i.e. self-perceived competence in text retelling). The …

in the Economics gender gap among treated students. …

in the Economics gender gap among treated students. …