Rochelle Ruffer

Nazareth College of Rochester

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (6)

Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
An ILD to help demonstrate the Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns using an experiment.

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Total Revenue and Price Elasticity of Demand: ILD part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
This ILD helps students to understand the relationship between total revenue and price elasticity of demand.

Changes in Demand: Context Rich Problem part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
Context Rich Problem on demand shifters and the implications of such a shift.

Excise Tax Incidence: Context Rich Problem part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
Context Rich Problem using the concepts of excise tax incidence, elasticity of demand, and elasticity of supply. Students must determine which information is appropriate and which is extraneous to the problem.

Price Ceiling: Context Rich Problem part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
context rich problem on price ceilings

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Rochelle Ruffer part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Biographical and professional profile page of Rochelle Ruffer, an economics professor at Nazareth College, detailing her academic background, NSF-funded pedagogical projects, and contributions to economics education through context-rich problems and interactive teaching methods.

Workshop Participant

Developing Modules for Teaching Economics
October 2009 Developing Modules for Teaching Economics
April 2009