Scott Simkins

NC A&T State University - Chair, Dept. of Economics. #NCATEconomics produces high achieving graduates. Promoting pedagogical innovation and change in higher ed.

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

In the classroom, the implications of working memory and its limits are at least as important for teachers as they are for students... If, for example, you write down observations as you circulate...

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@LDJEconomics @CSBSJU @simkins_econ Louis: Thank you for sharing this! A happy surprise to see it! I've posted a couple replies with the @CSBSJU post noting my SJU roots (also in the university press release about the award, linked there).

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@SJUAlumni 2: ... and great economics major peers, including Michael Hemesath (yes, that one) and Paul Cerkvenik. As many have said before, my time at St. John's was foundational in many ways. For teaching, always my touchstone.

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@SJUAlumni Thanks so much for this post! Didn't see that coming! In the press release, there's a shout-out to my time at St. John's and the great professors I had classes from and conversations with: Joe Friedrich, Fr. Rene McGraw, Steve Humphrey, Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, Dan Finn, and more...

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@WhoIsHLM Velma: This is amazing! All of it! Congratulations on all your accolades over the past few days!

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@Bryant17Rizzo44 @LDJEconomics @CSBSJU Louis - I really like this. We should have done this "back in the day" when I was an economics student at SJU. Wait... it would have been a chalkboard then!

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

Can attest to this. Pretty much sums up my COVID treatment experience during three weeks in the hospital in August. A month or two earlier, outcome and treatment could have been different.

4 changes doctors have made to better treat Covid-19 patients https://t.co/FPnVD9bo4Z

[CornellArts&Sciences @CornellCAS]

Kudos to economist @TeachBetterCo, winner of a @NSF grant to study long-term impacts of innovative teaching methods. https://t.co/mOzl4LYkhz

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@TeachBetterCo Doug and George: This is fantastic! Congratulations! I want to touch bases with the two of you about a different project when I’m done recuperating from COVID.

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

College Is Worth It, but Campus Isn’t https://t.co/Vy1Bm50dKo

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@ClaireHMajor Sharing with our faculty members in the college. Thanks!

[Amanpour and Company @AmanpourCoPBS]

"We imagine that if a student runs out of money, it's because they spent it on pizza, when the truth is they spent it helping mom keep the lights on." @saragoldrickrab @hari #COVID19 #AmanpourPBS

[Louis D. Johnston @LDJEconomics]

Good stuff 👇

[Todd Simmons @tmsimmons]

Congratulations to our Deese College of Business and Economics new Hall of Fame members. #NCAT
https://t.co/1cG8p6GKOp

[Dr. Bethany N. Morrison @BNMorrison]

Would love to see this project expand, so we could see how faculty quality compares to class size. To what extent can faculty quality mitigate class-size problems?

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

https://t.co/U8h2ZjqrGM

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

@CSBSJU @LDJEconomics On air, or just in person?

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

Also useful for those promoting evidence-based pedagogical change in higher education. It is well known that data alone won't change behavior, but data (information) is a necessary FIRST condition to changing behavior.

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

New finding, relevant to doctors, lawyers, politicians, experts generally: If you want to persuade people, give information first, & THEN opinion - that's more effective than opinion first, then information. @R_Thaler @DLeonhardt @1969ajo @SamanthaJPower
https://t.co/gnIX4wJYps

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

Exploring Careers in Economics - Fall 2019 https://t.co/kYDkTe2Un4 via @federalreserve

[Scott Simkins @simkinss]

All About the Economy...August 16 2019 - Weekly Wrap: All Eyes On The Economy, Language And The Internet, Plus Hard Seltzer https://t.co/HTNtGLPuvI