Ashley Hodgson

Saint Olaf College

Ashley Hodgson is a health care economist who teaches as an Associate Professor at St. Olaf College. She also teaches behavioral economics. Her courses heavily utilize team-based learning, and she posts flip-the-classroom economics videos on YouTube.

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Activities (5), Other Contribution (1)

Activities (5)

Light Rail Case part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This activity has students building their own microeconomic model in order to help a city council decide how many stops to build on the city's new light rail. It gives students practice building a social ...

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3-D Printers part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities

Elasticity Analysis of Minimum Wage part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This exercise has students thinking about the source of disagreement between people who want a raise in the minimum wage and those who want to keep it the same.

Pay-for-performance in health economics part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will identify the most important outcome measure for a doctor pay-for-performance scheme.

Predicting Historical Inflation Using AS-AD part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students use simple historical information to draw their own predicted graph of inflation over time. We then compare their team graphs with the actual historical graphs.

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Ashley Hodgson part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Project Participants
Associate Professor of Economics 1520 St. Olaf Ave St. Olaf College hodgsona@stolaf.edu Phone:5733448699 Background Information Ashley Hodgson is a health care economist who teaches as an Associate Professor at ...

Workshop Participant

TBL 2018 Workshop
June 2018