A picture is worth a thousand words: The effectiveness of infographics in microeconomic principles courses by Lauren Calimeris (@FisherNews) & Edward Kosack (@XavierU) - https://t.co/Z4RXcjRfLT #TeachEcon#EconTwitter
@LaurenKocman and I have a forthcoming article in the @IREE_Journal about the use of infographic assignments! If you teach principles classes in Economics, you might want to check it out!
https://t.co/TTc7gDILuQ
New paper explores effects of explicit grading rubrics, dedicated writing specialists, engaging librarians in creating a literature review guide and instructor blogging on writing quality of student papers https://t.co/X54NaSNOjn by Helen Schneider @LiberalArtsUT
New IREE paper explores what technologies have been adopted to facilitate learning in UG economics courses, who did the adopting, and how effectiveness was evaluated. By Marianne Johnson @uwoshkosh & Martin E. Meder @NichollsState https://t.co/f11YZc8FZO #TeachEcon#EconTwitter
'Understanding the hybrid classroom in economics: A case study' by Jonathan Graves, Emrul Hasan (@ubcVSE) & Trish L. Varao-Sousa @UBC_CTLT https://t.co/gO6uRTEr8O
New IREE paper exploring whether differences between online & in-person cohorts can be reduced through course design choices and the use of interactive learning activities... https://t.co/gO6uRTEr8O
New paper explaining how the three-equation IS-MP-PC-model can be adapted to discuss macroeconomic adjustment in a monetary union by @IvoArnold @ErasmusESE https://t.co/GeMiUKm97i #TeachEcon
Join us tomorrow 4pm BST for a special online session for the winner of the @IREE_Journal best paper award, "Racial and gender achievement gaps in an economics classroom" https://t.co/3R3dQq6Qe1 #TeachEcon
Join us tomorrow 4pm BST for a special online session for the winner of the @IREE_Journal best paper award, "Racial and gender achievement gaps in an economics classroom" https://t.co/3R3dQq6Qe1 #TeachEcon
New paper studying the choice of data visualization tool - FRED or spreadsheets - on students' ability to create & interpret graphs. No statistical difference in the number of started assignments, but significantly more completed on FRED. Read more https://t.co/wTS5BEXQgZ
Congrats to @harter_cynthia, @eku & @EKUOnline Professor of Economics & Director of @EKUEconEd, & her colleagues on their publication in the @IREE_Journal entitled “Teaching methods and materials in undergraduate economics courses: School, instructor, & department effects.” #EKU
Spacing, self-testing, and explanatory questioning in principles of microeconomics
“The quality of comments on the readings and lecture completion were highly significant predictors of over-performance for above-median students.” - @IREE_Journal
https://t.co/uynpohfXS5
New paper testing whether pedagogies based on spacing, self-testing, and explanatory questioning can improve learning by comparing “Chalk-and-Talk” versus “Active Learning” microeconomics courses - by Gabriel X. Martinez @avemariauniv https://t.co/D7ZnFIhD3Z
Teaching Methods and Materials in Undergraduate Economics Courses: School, Instructor, and Department Effects - by Laura J. Ahlstrom (@okstate), @harter_cynthia (@EKUEconEd), Carlos J. Asarta (@UDLernerCollege)
New paper examining the effects of school, instructor, and departmental characteristics on teaching methods and materials used in undergraduate economics courses - read at https://t.co/JSb5rZU0dL #EconTwitter#TeachEcon