Test of Understanding in College Economics

Test of Understanding in College Economics
Author: William B. Walstad
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781561836093

This Examiner's Manual for the fourth edition of the Test of Understanding of College Economics provides the instructor with information to compare his/her students' performance with that of similar students attending colleges and universities across the nation. - P. v.

Test of Understanding in College Economics

Test of Understanding in College Economics
Author: Phillip Saunders
Publisher: Council for Economic Educat
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1967
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781561834303

The essential measuring instrument for collegelevel instructors of introductory economic courses.

Basic Economics Test

Basic Economics Test
Author: William B. Walstad
Publisher: Council for Economic Education
Total Pages: 54
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781561834228

Elementary school assessment for grades 56, nationally normed.

Principles and Pluralist Approaches in Teaching Economics

Principles and Pluralist Approaches in Teaching Economics
Author: Samuel Decker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2019-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351711288

This volume is a state-of-the-art compilation of diverse and innovative perspectives, principles, and a number of practiced approaches of fields, courses, and methods of pluralist economics teaching. It fosters constructive controversy aiming to incite authors and commentators to engage in fruitful debate. The complex economic problems of the 21st century require a pluralist, real-world oriented, and innovative discipline of economics, capable of addressing and teaching those complex issues to students from diverse perspectives. This volume addresses a number of key questions: Which models could be taught outside the equilibrium and optimality paradigm? Which methods could help to improve our understanding of the complex globalized economy? How can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined in a fruitful way to analyze complex economic problems? How can the academic isolation of mainstream economics that has developed over many decades be overcome, despite its attempted transdisciplinary imperialism? What role should knowledge from other disciplines play in teaching economics, and what is the relevance of transdisciplinarity? Through examining these issues, the editors and authors have created a pluralist but cohesive book on teaching economics in the contemporary classroom, drawing from ideas and examples from around the world. Principles and Pluralist Approaches in Teaching Economics is a unique collection of diverse perspectives on the methodology and applications of pluralist economics teaching. It will be a great resource for those teaching economics at various levels as well as researchers and intermediate and advanced students searching for pluralism in economics.

What Can Behavioral Economics Teach Us about Teaching Economics?

What Can Behavioral Economics Teach Us about Teaching Economics?
Author: Supriya Sarnikar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137497440

Sarnikar cites evidence of frequent misconceptions of economics amongst students, graduates, and even some economists, and argues that behavioral economists are uniquely qualified to investigate causes of poor learning in economics. She conducts a review of the economics education literature to identify gaps in current research efforts and suggests a two-pronged approach to fill the gaps: an engineering approach to the adoption of innovative teaching methods and a new research program to enhance economists' understanding of how learning occurs. To facilitate research into learning processes, Sarnikar provides an overview of selected learning theories from psychology, as well as new data on hidden misconceptions amongst beginning students of economics. She argues that if they ask the right questions, economists of all persuasions are likely to find surprising lessons in the answers of beginning students of economics.

Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance

Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance
Author: Dominic J. Brewer
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 979
Release: 2014-08-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483346609

Economics can be a lens for understanding the behavior of schools, districts, states, and nations in meeting education needs of their populaces, as well as for understanding the individual decisions made by administrators, teachers, and students. Insights from economics help decision makers at the state level understand how to raise and distribute funds for public schools in an equitable manner for both schools and taxpayers. Economics also can assist researchers in analyzing effects of school spending and teacher compensation on student outcomes. And economics can provide important insights into public debates on issues such as whether to offer vouchers for subsidizing student attendance at private schools. This two-volume encyclopedia contains over 300 entries by experts in the field that cover these issues and more. Features: This work of 2 volumes (in both print and electronic formats) contains 300-350 signed entries by significant figures in the field. Entries conclude with cross-references and suggestions for further readings to guide students to in-depth resources. Although organized in A-to-Z fashion, a thematic “Reader’s Guide” in the front matter groups related entries by topic. Also in the front matter, a chronology provides students with historical perspective on the development of education economics and finance as a field of study The entire work concludes with a Resources appendix and a comprehensive Index. In the electronic version, the index, Reader's Guide, and cross references combine to provide effective search-and-browse capabilities.

Discussing Economics

Discussing Economics
Author: Michael K. Salemi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781781958476

'Teaching economics is the most important job that economists do. Thus it is nice to see a book devoted to teaching written by two economists who have played an important role in advancing the teaching of economics throughout the profession.' - David Colander, Journal of Economic Methodology

Economics Made Fun

Economics Made Fun
Author: N. Emrah Aydinonat
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317449479

Best-selling books such as Freakonomics and The Undercover Economist have paved the way for the flourishing economics-made-fun genre. While books like these present economics as a strong and explanatory science, the ongoing economic crisis has exposed the shortcomings of economics to the general public. In the face of this crisis, many people, including well-known economists such as Paul Krugman, have started to express their doubts about whether economics is a success as a science. As well as academic papers, newspaper columns with a large audience have discussed the failure of economic to predict and explain ongoing trends. The emerging picture is somewhat confusing: economics-made-fun books present economics as a method of thinking that can successfully explain everyday and "freaky" phenomena. On the other hand, however, economics seems to fail in addressing and explaining the most pressing matters related to the field of economics itself. This book explores the confusion created by this contradictory picture of economics. Could a science that cannot answer its own core questions really be used to explain the logic of everyday life? This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Economic Methodology.