Ann Velenchik

Teaching Case: Maine Turnpike Toll Discounts part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Teaching with the Case Method:Examples
This is a very short case about a coupon experiment on the Maine Turnpike that can be used very early in Micro Principles courses to motivate the introduction of demand curves, elasticity and externalities that comes later in the course.

Teaching Case: Peanut Policy in the United States, 1996 part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Teaching with the Case Method:Examples
The text of this case is a transcript of a story broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered on January 22, 1996. The story concerns Congressional debate about agricultural programs, particularly the price ...

Teaching Case: Scissors and Shears part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Teaching with the Case Method:Examples
This case is the transcript of the 1962 Congressional Testimony of BC Deuschle, President of the Scissors, Shears and Manicure Implement Manufacturers' Association, with regard to the Trade Expansion Act of ...

Teaching with the Case Method part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Teaching with the Case Method
A pedagogical resource page detailing the case method in teaching, covering its definition, benefits, implementation strategies, discipline-specific applications in economics, classroom examples, and references, aimed at educators seeking active learning techniques through decision-based narratives and structured discussion.

Ann Velenchik part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Profile page for Ann Velenchik, an economics professor at Wellesley College specializing in active learning and the case method, featuring her academic background, pedagogical contributions, research in African labor markets, and upcoming role leading the college’s Writing Program with a focus on quantitative writing.