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Filson, Darren – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic made it necessary for instructors to innovate, and some of the innovations will persist and be refined post-pandemic. An economics elective at Claremont McKenna College provides examples. Innovations likely to persist include replacing in-class exams with context-rich assignments and conducting a set of student presentations…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Innovation, Economics Education
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Bhattacharya, Radha; Gill, Andrew – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2020
We surveyed high school students in Southern California to investigate whether there is an improvement in financial attitudes from eight class periods of financial literacy intervention in a high school economics course. We examine whether the money management (MM) and financial investing (FI) components of financial instruction influence…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Money Management, Literacy
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Maier, Mark; Chi, W. Edward – Journal of Economic Education, 2016
The principal investigator of a National Science Foundation project, "Economics at Community Colleges," surveyed community college economics faculty and organized workshops, webinars, and regional meetings to address community college faculty isolation from new ideas in economics and economics instruction. Survey results, combined with…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Community Colleges, College Instruction, College Faculty
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Marcal, Leah – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2019
Faced with shrinking state funds and pressure to raise graduation rates, California State University, Northridge piloted an early alert system in courses with high failure rates. One section of introductory microeconomics was selected for participation in the campus pilot. The early alert system is intended to flag at-risk students and provide…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, At Risk Students, Academic Failure, Identification
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Dymski, Gary A. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2017
This paper reflects on the experience of the 1999-2002 minority pipeline program (MPP) at the University of California, Riverside. With support from the American Economic Association, the MPP identified students of color interested in economics, let them explore economic issues affecting minority communities, and encouraged them to consider…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Economics Education, Minority Group Students, Community Resources
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Marcal, Leah – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2018
Faced with shrinking state funds, rising student demand, high failure rates, and racial and ethnic achievement gaps, the introductory microeconomics course became a bottleneck for business students at California State University, Northridge. The Economics Department responded with the creation of a flipped, introductory microeconomics course where…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Microeconomics, Homework, Video Technology