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Spring 2003

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 18, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2003 | Education

Getting Students To Think Outside the Box

Carl Simkonis, Northern Kentucky University

Tom Cate, Northern Kentucky University

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GettingStudentsToThinkOutsideTheBoxCarlSimkonisTomCateNorthernKentuckyUniversity*BenjaminBloom=staxonomyidentifiessixdifferentlevelsofstudentlearning(Bloom,1956).Acourseemployinghisconceptsdevelopsalessonplanwherebystudentsaremovedfromlowerorderlearningobjectives(knowledge,comprehension,application)tohigherorderlearningobjectives(analysis,synthesis,evaluation).Thisnotepresentsanexampleofonesuchlessonplan,TheFairLaborStandardsActof1938withsubsequentamendments.TheFairLaborStandardsAct(hereafterFLSA)isanexampleofapricefloororminimumwage.Whatfollowsassumesstudentshavehadpriorexposureto,andmasteryof,theconceptsofdemandandsupplyanalysis,pricefloorsandceilings,priceelasticityofdemand,andthebasicdecisionrulesofeconomics.Thisprovidesstudentswithamechanismfordevelopingtheirownpositionsoneconomicissuestothelevelthattheyareabletodefendsuchpositions.Bloom=staxonomycontainssixlearningobjectivesBknowledge,comprehension,application,analysis,synthesis,andevaluation.Thefirstthreearelower-orderobjectiveswhilethelatterthreeareconsidered*AnearlierversionofthispaperwaspresentedattheAssociationforPrivateEnterprise=sannualconference,Cancun,Mexico,April,2002.higher-orderobjectives.Weprovideabriefdefinitionofeachobjective,anexampledrawnfromtheFLSAcasestudyandameansofassessingstudents=masteryofeachlearningobjective.Knowledgeincludestherecallofspecificandisolablebitsofinformation[Bloom,pp.62-88].BytheendofthelessonstudentsshouldbeabletorecallspecificpiecesofinformationabouttheFLSAsuchas:1)Whatisthespecifictitleoftheact?2)Whenwas

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Title	Getting Students To Think Outside the Box
Authors/Creators:	Carl Simkonis, Northern Kentucky University Tom Cate, Northern Kentucky University
Year:	2003
Volume:	18
Number:	2
Pages:	73 - 77
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Student performance, Learning, Economic literacy, Evaluation techniques, Teaching, Microeconomics

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Simkonis, Carl; Cate, Tom / 2003. "Getting Students To Think Outside the Box." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 18(2): 73-77.