Teaching Undergraduate Economics: A Handbook for Instructors - Brossura

INTRODUCTION

1. The Teaching of Economics: An Introduction (William B. Walstad and Phillip Saunders)

PART I. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF ECONOMICS INSTRUCTION

2. Some Thoughts on the Micro Principles Course (Robert H. Frank)

3. Some Thoughts on Teaching Principles of Macroeconomics (Michael J. Boskin)

4. Reflections on the Principles Course (Compbell R. McConnell)

5. Teaching Intermediate Economic Thoery (George Davis and O. Homer Erekson)

6. The Goals and Objectives of the Economics Major (John J. Siegfried)

PART II. FOUNDATIONS FOR TEACHING

7. Teaching Economics: Inspiration and Persperation (Kenneth Elzinga)

8. Learning Theory and Instructional Objectives (Phillip Saunders)

9. Humanizing Content and Pedagogy in Economics Classrooms (Robin Bartlett and Marianne A. Ferber)

10. The Use of Mathematics and Statistics in the Teaching and Learning of Economics (William Becker)

11. Research on Teaching College Economics (John J. Siegfried and William B. Walstad)

PART III. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS IN ECONOMICS: LECTURES AND TEXTBOOKS

12. Lectures as an Instructional Method (Phillip Saunders and Arthur L. Welsh)

13. The Principle of Economics Textbook: Historym Content, and Use (William B. Walstad, Michael Watts, and William Bosshardt)

DISCUSSION, WRITING, AND ACTIVE LEARNING

14. Improving Classroom Discussion in Economics Courses (W. Lee Hansen and Michael K. Salemi)

15. Student Writing as a Guide to Student Thinking (Jerry L. Petr)

16. Active and Cooperative Learning Strategies for the Economics Classroom (Beverly Cameron)

EXPERIMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY

17. Experimental Economics in the Classroom

18. Using Technology for Teaching Economics (William B. Walstad, Ann Harper Fender, Jean Fletcher, and Wayne Edwards)

EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION

19. Multiple Choice Tests for the Economic Course (William B. Walstad)

20. Essay Questions and Tests (Arthur L. Welsh and Phillip Saunders)

TEACHING

21. Using Videotaping for Teacher Development and Self-Evaluation (Michael K. Salemi and Alexander J. Cowell)

22. Using Student and Faculty Evaluations of Teaching to Improve Economics Instruction (William B. Walstad and Phillip Saunders)