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Summer 2017

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 32, Number 2

Categories: Summer 2017 | Economic Education

Sidewalk Economics

Sean E. Mulholland, Western Carolina University

Sherri Wall, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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SidewalkEconomicsSeanE.MulhollandWesternCarolinaUniversityTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise32(2),2017,93–100SherriWall�UniversityofAlaskaFairbanks______________________________________________________AbstractThispaperpresentsaninnovativegroupprojectthatusesexperientialandcollaborativelearningmethodstomovestudentsfromthelowerlevelsofBloom’srevisedcognitivetaxonomytothehigherlevelsofevaluatingandcreating.Usingchalkastheirmediumandthesidewalkastheircanvas,studentsansweraquestionorillustrateaconceptortopicoftheirinterestfrommaterialcoveredintheclass(diminishingmarginalutility,opportunitycost,demandandsupply,etc.).Wedescribethemultiplewaysthisflexibleprojectcanbeusedtoexpandcomprehensionofeconomicprinciplesinawaythatstudentsenjoyand,moreimportantly,remember.______________________________________________________JELCode:A2Keywords:sidewalk,chalk,outside,kinesthetic,experientialI.“CanWeGoOutside?”Notasemestergoesbywithoutatleastonestudentasking:“Canwegooutsidetoday?”Thisisonereasonwhywehavedesignedaquickandeasywaytoanswerstudents’requestswithanaffirmativeYES!Theexerciserequiresasmallamountofplanningandpreparation,butresultsinalearningexperiencethatencouragesteamworkandenhancesretention(EmersonandTaylor2004).Moreover,thisflexiblekinestheticassignmentcanbedesignedforawiderangeofstudentsandtypesoflearning.Forintroductoryclasses,wherethegoalisbasic,lesscomplexlearning,theexercisecanfocusonthefoundationallevelsofBloom’srevisedtaxonomyoflearning:remembering,understanding,andapplying(Bloom1956;Andersonetal.2000).Formoreadvancedstudents,theexercisecanbe�Apreviousversionofthispaperwaspresentedatthe2012AssociationofPrivateEnterpriseEducationMeetingsinLasVegas.WethankG.DirkMateer,DianaThomas,andtheanonymousrefereeforcommentsandsuggestions.Errorsordeficienciesthathavesurvivedthiscounselareoursalone.

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Title	Sidewalk Economics
Authors/Creators:	Sean E. Mulholland, Western Carolina University Sherri Wall, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Year:	2017
Volume:	32
Number:	2
Pages:	93 - 100
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	sidewalk, chalk, outside, kinesthetic, experiential

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Mulholland, Sean E.; Wall, Sherri / 2017. "Sidewalk Economics." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 32(2): 93-100.