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 …

to economics training improves students' analytical skills and problem-solving abilities. We rely on Frederick's (2005 …-economics classes. Our main result shows that students in economics classes improve their analytical skills during the semester by …

a sample of pre-university students in the Netherlands to determine if the introduction of experiments in their … economics course made the students increase their effort and persistence for this subject and/or raised the likelihood that they …

. 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 …

This study was carried out to determine the economic literacy of university students. Standards of Economic Survey …, when the correct responses of the students were turned into scores, it was revealed that they had a mean score of 65; that … both female and male students had the same number of correct answers, while the students taking the economy course were …

-level covariates. Alumni speakers increase intermediate economics course take-up by 2.1 percentage points (11%). Students are more …

class time for students to undertake collaborative and interactive activities relevant to that material. Students were …

The purpose of this study is to examine a controversial debate whether students who spend more time on completing the … students' efforts) on an assignment and students' learning outcomes. The study uses a unique dataset with the students’ out …

sample of first year students studying macroeconomics in a regional Australian university. Our findings, based on OLS and … sections of the final exam. Non-minority students do better in the multiple choice section, but not in the written answer … section, than minority students. Finally, there is some evidence that longer travel times to and from campus also reduce …

benefits to students even in larger courses often criticized for their inability to provide students quality learning …