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Category Archives: Economics
Just in Time Teaching with a Large Wiki
A few weeks ago I mentioned my idea for a very different approach to teaching ECON 304, my intermediate macro course. This is the first week of classes, so I guess I better figure out how this is going to … Continue reading
A Radical Idea: on the job training
Intermediate Macroeconomics, one of our core gatekeeping courses, taught as a seminar to 40 students. Impending disaster? Trainwreck waiting to happen? Perhaps. But, I prefer to think of it as a possible answer to a question I’ve been mulling over … Continue reading
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Road Trip
Tomorrow I’m heading down to Charleston, SC to attend the annual meetings of the Southern Economics Association. I will be participating (with KimMarie McGoldrick) in a panel discussion on supervising undergraduate research in economics. KimMarie and I conducted a survey … Continue reading
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Reflections on the TIP Econ Workshop
Over the past several postings I’ve been writing about the June 2006 Teaching Innovations Program in Economics Workshop. Now that it’s over, I’d like to draw some conclusions. This workshop was quite unusual in a number of respects. The most … Continue reading
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TIP Workshop – Day 3
In the previous posting I discussed my experience at the second day’s sessions of the June 2006 Teaching Innovations Program in Economics Workshop. The half day session on Day 3 was largely a combination of debriefing on activities from Day … Continue reading
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TIP Workshop – Day 2
In the previous posting I discussed my experience at the first day’s sessions of the June 2006 Teaching Innovations Program in Economics Workshop. Here are my reflections from the second day. Session 5: First Team Presentations Session 6: Assessment Strategies … Continue reading
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TIP in Economics Workshop
Today we started the June 2006 Teaching Innovations Program in Economics Workshop held in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here are some brief reflections from the sessions today: Session 1: Introduction to the Workshop The purpose of this workshop is to … Continue reading
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Phil Miller on Podcasting Lectures
In a recent blog entry, Phil Miller at Market Power argues against podcasting lectures or providing copies of lecture notes. While I understand his argument, that by reducing the cost of skipping class, one increases the incentive to do so, … Continue reading
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Resources for an Economic Forecasting Course
I came across two resources today that might be useful in teaching an economic forecasting course. The first was an article from the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Quantitative Analysis Offers Tools to Predict Likely Terrorist Moves.” WSJ.com is a subscription … Continue reading
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A Little Microeconomics
I heard an interesting story on Marketplace tonight, which suggested a neat application of the price elasticity of demand. The story involves Genentech’s recent decision to double the price of Avastin, a highly effective anti-cancer drug. Treatment for one year … Continue reading
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