Doug McKee

Cornell University-Endowed Colleges

My name is Doug McKee and I’m a senior lecturer in the Cornell economics department. I tend to teach right in the middle of the undergraduate curriculum—This year I taught applied econometrics and intermediate micro to mostly juniors and seniors. I also run something called the Active Learning Initiative in our department where we are systematically incorporating lots of interactivity into all of our core classes. When I’m not teaching, I’m pretty often podcasting about teaching or blogging about teaching.

I'm also participating in the post-CTREE 2019 TBL content development workshop!

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Price Elasticity of Demand part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Teams are given a list of goods and asked to identify what they think are the most elastic and least elastic.

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Nonlinear Budget Constraints part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Teams graph both linear and nonlinear budget constraints and identify optimal choices for consumers with different preferences.

Food Trucks in the Short Run and the Long Run part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Teams forecast the profitability of a food truck business in the long run, ideally taking into account the roles of their cost structure, potential market entry, and regulation.

Welfare Loss from Monopoly part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students are presented with several potential markets and asked to consider the welfare consequences of monopoly power in each.

The Value of Car Insurance part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Teams identify the factors that affect the decision to purchase car insurance.