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Fall 2001

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 17, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2001

Teaching College Economics : Efficiency Issues

Ralph A. Terregrossa, St. John's University

Valerie Englander, St. John's University

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TeachingCollegeEconomics:EfficiencyIssuesRalphA.TerregrossaSt.John=sUniversityValerieEnglanderSt.John=sUniversityEducatorsexplainthattheoptimalmethodofteachingisthemethodthatmostcloselymatchesstudents=learningstyles.Thisfundamentallawofteaching,accordingtothemultidimensionalDunnandDunnModelofLearningStyles(2000),impliesthat,becausethereisnoonerightwaytolearn,thereisnoonerightwaytoteach.Eachpersonpossessesanoptimal,diversifiedlearningstyleapproachtoaddress,process,absorb,andremembernewanddifficultinformation.Althoughalleconomicsprofessorsreceiverigoroustrainingineconomictheory,theyreceivevirtuallynotrainingintheprinciplesofeducation.1Itisourcontentionthat,becauseofalackofformaltrainingintheprinciplesofeducation,manycollegeeconomicsinstructorsmaynotbeusingtheirteachingresourcesefficientlyand,consequently,maynotbeprovidingstudentswithanoptimaleducation.WhatfollowsisadescriptionofanexperimentconductedbytwoprofessorsatSt.John=sUniversityintheireconomicscourses.Wefirstexplainhowtraditionalmethodsofteachingeconomicsmaybebiasedinthecontextofteachingandlearningstyletheory.Wesuggestthatutilizingbothgrouplearningandalternativetestingmethodsmaybeapotentialstrategytoimprovestudentlearning.Weexplainthemethodusedtoassesstheoutcomeofutilizinggroup1BartlettandKing(1990)questionwhethereconomicsprofessorsareteachingourstudentshowtothinklikeeconomists.Theirpessimismisprompted,inpart,byalackofunderstandingamongeconomicsinstructorsabouthowtolearn.

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Title	Teaching College Economics : Efficiency Issues
Authors/Creators:	Ralph A. Terregrossa, St. John's University Valerie Englander, St. John's University
Year:	2001
Volume:	17
Number:	1
Pages:	52 - 60
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles

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Terregrossa, Ralph A.; Englander, Valerie / 2001. "Teaching College Economics : Efficiency Issues." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 17(1): 52-60.