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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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Activities (6)
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
(or better known as "clickers") This module was initially developed by Joe Calhoun, Florida State University, then enhanced with the valuable assistance from S. Raj Chaudhury, Shelby Frost, Bill Goffe, ...
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KimMarie McGoldrick part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Department of Economics Robins School of Business University of Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 kmcgoldr@richmond.edu Phone: 804.289.8575 Fax: 804.289.8878 Background Information KimMarie McGoldrick is Professor of ...