This study explores university students' perceptions of how the classroom learning environment and Economics teachers' instructional practices promote learning in higher education (HE). The purpose of the study was to develop and empirically test a framework that characterises quality Economics instruction. Based on a literature review, a…

Learning communities are increasingly used at colleges and universities, as one of the goals of a learning community is to increase interaction among students and teach them how to apply knowledge. The goal of this research is to assess the learning community of the economics and accounting students in their class performance measured by class…

The authors present results from a comprehensive field experiment at Swiss high schools in which they compare the effectiveness of teaching methods in economics. They randomly assigned classes into an experimental and a conventional teaching group, or a control group that received no specific instruction. Both teaching treatments improve economic…

Teaching standards are regularly described as a mechanism for improving the status of the teaching profession and as a means to develop high-quality teachers. Less attention has been paid to the difficulties of fostering professional learning when externally produced standards are imposed on teachers. This paper outlines how lesson study can…

"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) Teacher Assessment (Mary Sanchez); (2) Our Economics…

The Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) represents an alternative method of instruction to both conventional lecturing and programmed learning. The purpose of this paper is to report on an experiment in which the PSI technique is employed on a microeconomics course in which a one semester introductory course was a prerequisite and was…

In this short article, a professor describes the inductive instructional method he has successfully used in his introductory college economics course. (Author/RM)

Reported is the evaluation of a program in which lectures were integrated with programmed instruction assignments and a series of quizzes which concluded that PI can be an effective means of teaching large classes. (JB)

Nutrition educators are beginning to realize that they need to change their attitudes, approaches, and teaching techniques and find new ways to motivate young people to adopt good nutritional habits. (Editor/SB)

An examination of the recent history of economic education attempts to evaluate teaching effectiveness in the USA and England, leading to several recommendations in goals and instructional methods. (KM)

This paper reported on investigation in which a simulation, experimental class of student learning was compared with a control class where the simulation is not used. (Editor/RK)

The shift in emphasis of economics education has moved from a descriptive approach to applied and problem-solving aspects. This article discusses the characteristics of the main approaches to economics education and identifies teaching skills to be used in implementation of the problem-solving approach. (Author/DF)

An argument that teaching introductory economic analysis can be made more effective with self-paced instruction using appropriately designed materials such as films, cassettes, and programmed learning units. (Author/AV)

In this study the simulation/game Marketplace is shown to have little comparative advantage over common instructional techniques in student learning and attitudes toward economic concepts. (Author/DE)

Describes the construction and testing of a model to evaluate effectiveness of various teaching methods in economics. The variables included students' time spent on the course and expected grade upon entering the course. (Author/AV)