ERIC Number: EJ932881
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
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Teaching and Assessment Methods in Undergraduate Economics: A Fourth National Quinquennial Survey
Watts, Michael; Schaur, Georg
Journal of Economic Education, v42 n3 p294-309 2011
Surveys in 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010 investigated teaching and assessment methods in different undergraduate courses. In this article, the authors offer basic results from the 2010 survey. "Chalk and talk" remains the dominant teaching style, but there were drops in mean (although not median) values for those pedagogies and some growth in the use of other methods, including class discussion and computer-generated displays. More instructors provided students with problem sets and class notes, and computer lab assignments were increasingly common in econometrics and statistics courses. Experiments are occasionally used in introductory courses but almost never used in other courses. Calculus is not viewed as important by a majority of instructors in any courses but is considered more important in intermediate theory and statistics and econometrics courses. (Contains 3 tables and 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Undergraduate Study, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, National Surveys, Advanced Courses, Introductory Courses
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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