Amy Diduch

Unemployment and discouraged workers: Context Rich Problem part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
Students use the Current Population Survey to calculate the official unemployment rate and two variations that include discouraged workers. Students compare the results and discuss what the varying definitions reveal about the labor market.

Comparative statics: impact of corn price increase (Context Rich Problem) part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
Students use comparative statics to determine the effects of corn price increases on related markets.

Choosing output quantity under perfect competition (Context Rich Problem) part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
The problem presents students with information about price, average costs and marginal costs for a vegetable farm. To answer the questions, students must apply the P=MC decision rule for perfect competition.

Calculating real home prices using the CPI (Context Rich Problem) part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
Students calculate real home values using nominal values and the Consumer Price Index.

Movement along vs. shift of demand curve: Water chlorination (Context Rich Problem) part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
This context-rich problem asks students to distinguish between a movement along a demand curve and a shift of a demand curve for a price-inelastic product: water chlorination in Kenya.

Amy McCormick Diduch part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
This is a faculty profile page for Amy McCormick Diduch, a Professor of Economics at Mary Baldwin College, detailing her academic background, teaching areas—including principles, labor, environmental, and experimental economics—and her pedagogical research, with publications focused on innovative classroom methods and case studies in economic education.