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HideMarcelo Clerici-Arias
Economics
Stanford University
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Principles of Economics: understanding opportunity cost, comparative advantage, and absolute advantage part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Just in Time Teaching:Examples
In principles of economics students many times have trouble understanding the concept of opportunity cost, connecting opportunity cost to comparative advantage, and differentiating between absolute advantage and comparative advantage. This activity allows the instructor to detect whether a large number of students exhibit any of these misconceptions, and then focus on the most problematic concepts in class.
Principles of Economics: understanding opportunity cost, comparative advantage, and absolute advantage part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Just in Time Teaching:Examples
In principles of economics students many times have trouble understanding the concept of opportunity cost, connecting opportunity cost to comparative advantage, and differentiating between absolute advantage and comparative advantage. This activity allows the instructor to detect whether a large number of students exhibit any of these misconceptions, and then focus on the most problematic concepts in class.
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Marcelo Clerici-Arias part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Lecturer and Director of Honors Program Department of Economics 579 Serra Mall, Room 146 Stanford, CA 94305 Background Information Marcelo Clerici-Arias teaches economics at Stanford University, where he is the ...