Three New Economics Pedagogic Modules
published Aug 5, 2010 12:00amThe Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics project has finished work on three pedagogic modules: Classroom Experiments, Quantitiative Writing, and Undergraduate Research.
Classroom Experiments are activities where any number of students work in groups on carefully designed guided inquiry questions. Materials provide students with the means of collecting data through interaction with typical laboratory materials, data simulation tools or a decision making environment, as well a series of questions that lead to discovery-based learning.
Quantitiative Writing is the written explanation of a quantitative analysis. A good quantitative writing assignment engages students with an open-ended, ambiguous, data-rich problem requiring the thinker to understand principles and concepts rather than simply applying formulae.
In Undergraduate Research, students collaborate with faculty on actual research projects, learning about both a particular topic in a field and the research process in general.
Classroom Experiments are activities where any number of students work in groups on carefully designed guided inquiry questions. Materials provide students with the means of collecting data through interaction with typical laboratory materials, data simulation tools or a decision making environment, as well a series of questions that lead to discovery-based learning.
Quantitiative Writing is the written explanation of a quantitative analysis. A good quantitative writing assignment engages students with an open-ended, ambiguous, data-rich problem requiring the thinker to understand principles and concepts rather than simply applying formulae.
In Undergraduate Research, students collaborate with faculty on actual research projects, learning about both a particular topic in a field and the research process in general.