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HideKM McGoldrick
University of Richmond
Project Leader
Welcome to Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics
This site introduces economists to innovative teaching strategies developed both within and beyond the discipline of economics. It provides instructors with the tools to begin integrating and assessing these teaching strategies in their own classrooms and promotes the sharing of teaching innovations among instructors.
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Using Note-Taking Pairs to Enhance Understanding of Difficult Concepts (such as Income and Substitution Effects) part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Cooperative Learning:Examples
A variation of the think-pair-share technique is used to reinforce understanding of the income and substitution effects associated with a price change.
Teaching Method Module (1)
Classroom Response Systems part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Classroom Response Systems
This educational webpage from the SERC Pedagogic Service offers a comprehensive teaching module on Classroom Response Systems ("clickers"), detailing their use in promoting active learning, improving student engagement, and supporting interactive pedagogies across disciplines, with resources on implementation, research, and related instructional methods.
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KimMarie McGoldrick part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Biographical profile page of KimMarie McGoldrick, an economics professor at the University of Richmond, detailing her academic background, contributions to economic education, faculty development initiatives, research publications, teaching awards, and leadership roles in professional associations including the Journal of Economic Education and the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education.