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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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loss aversion to encourage student effort. This field experiment endows students with all of the points in the course … upfront, then deducts points for every error throughout the semester. Students perform three to four percentage points better …
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This paper proposes the use of Spanish proverbs for teaching finance to Hispanic students. Spanish proverbs facilitate … teaching by appealing to Hispanic students' cultural background, by introducing ideas in a succinct and unique way, and by … and establish a trusting relationship with students. In addition, Spanish proverbs benefit English-speaking students by …
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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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helps teachers leverage their domain knowledge and helps students learn both a new topic and a new information technology …
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Information provided at the moment a person makes a decision can influence behavior in predictable ways. The United Kingdom's Behavioural Insights Team have used this idea to help improve the insulation of lofts, collect taxes, and even reduce litter. The authors of this article developed...
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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...
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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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colleagues, students, and the general public. It is also a great place to gather information relevant to undergraduate economics … supplemental information with students. This article contains a detailed, step-by-step guide to embedding a twitter feed within a … LMS. Examples of how twitter can be used to share information to students in a Principles of Macroeconomics course are …
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