Favorite Ways to Learn Economics
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Book Description
Using experiments to bring economic education to life is a growing trend and for good reason. it works! Students are far more likely to retain new knowledge when it is reinforced with hands-on experiments. FAVORITE WAYS TO LEARN ECONOMICS as a lab manual for the classroom and for individual study. This manual of experiments and problem sets reinforces the key principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics covered in most college and AP courses. Students will enjoy this active approach to learning. Instructors will see improvement in their students? comprehension. Like a finely tuned lecture, these experiments and problem sets bring economics to life.
About the Author
David Anderson is the Paul G. Blazer Associate Professor of Economics at Centre College. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and Masters and Doctoral degrees from Duke University. Dr. Anderson has published research in the areas of classroom technology, active learning, and teacher evaluation, among topics from childbirth to social insurance. He has received a National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished professorship, and grants for economic education projects from the 3M Foundation and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. James C. Chasey received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Purdue University and his Master of Arts degree from the University of Illinois. As the Christa McAuliffe Fellow for Illinois, he received advanced training at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Mr. Chasey has received the Freedoms Foundation Leavey Aware and the Purdue University outstanding education alumni award. He teaches Advanced Placement Economics at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, and has served as Adjunct Professor of Economics at the College of DuPage and Governors State University.
Favorite Ways to Learn Economics,David Anderson,James Chasey,South-Western College Pub,0324222025,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Economics - General,Business & Economics / Economics / General
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