Shelby Frost

Georgia State University

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

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Activities (7)

Using data about the U.S. milk market to explain changes in milk prices - part 2 part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will relate some real world data about the milk market in the U.S. to predictions of the supply and demand model.

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How prices are determined in the market part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This AE is designed to get students thinking about how prices are determined in a market. It is based on common misconceptions that many students have about how prices are determined: that producers alone determine ...

How the changing US demographics impact demand for retirement communities. part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will think about some shift factors of demand and relate that to some real world data about changing demographics in the U.S., in particular, how increases in the median age of the population varies in ...

Elasticity and tax incidence part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
The point of this AE is get students to understand how the relative price elasticities of supply and demand are what really determine who bears the burden of an excise tax.

Comparing benefits and costs of attending an event. part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students should think of all the relevant factors to consider when making rational decisions, including all opportunity costs of each choice.

Using data about the U.S. milk market to explain changes in milk prices - part 1 part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will relate some real world data about the milk market in the U.S. to predictions of the supply and demand model. They must determine which changes in supply and/or demand are consistent with the data ...

Using Clickers to Generate Supply and Demand Curves part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Classroom Response Systems:Examples
Use the clickers to generate data for demand and supply curves by asking students to give numerical values for their maximum willingness to pay for something and their minimum willingness to accept for something. Use the data generated to graph both the demand and supply curves.

Other Contributions (2)

Shelby Frost part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Project Participants
Personal academic profile page of Shelby Frost, a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics at Georgia State University, detailing her background in economic education, teaching methods expertise—particularly team-based learning—and her leadership in the Center for Economic Education, including professional accomplishments and contributions to pedagogical development in economics.

Shelby Frost part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Profile page for Shelby Frost, a Clinical Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University, detailing her academic background, teaching focus, pedagogical initiatives, professional affiliations, and leadership in economic education outreach and curriculum development.

Workshop Participant

Spring 2012 Workshop
March 2012 Developing Modules for Teaching Economics
October 2009