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Spring 2003

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 18, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2003 | Economic education

A Review Activity for Economics

Meghan J. Millea, Mississippi State University

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AReviewActivityforEconomicsMeghanJ.MilleaMississippiStateUniversityMuchoftherecentfocusoftheeconomiceducationliteratureconcernstheinstructionalmethodsusedincollegecourses.BeckerandWatts(1996)describedtheprimaryteachingtoolsemployedbyeconomistsasAchalkandtalk.@Intheirsurveyofcollegefaculty,theyfoundthat83percentofclasstimeinthemedianundergraduateeconomicscourseisspentusingthelectureformatandchalkboardpresentations.Whilesomestudentsmaypreferpassivelyabsorbingmaterialfromlectures,researchshowsthatretention,thinkingskills,andmotivationareimprovedwhenstudentsaremoreactivelyinvolvedinthelearningprocess(McKeachie,1997).Instructorsmaypreferlecturepresentationsaswellbecausethisformatallowsfacultytopresentalargequantityofmaterialtoalargenumberofstudents(BrozikandZapalska,1999).PerhapsBeckerandWattswerecorrectinhypothesizingthateconomicsfacultywerereluctanttoadoptnewteachingtechniquestoimproveeffectivenessbecausetheyhaveachievedequilibriuminteachingefficiency.SimkinsandSosin(1999)notedthatcurrentlecture-basedteachingpracticesdonotdevelopstudents=cognitivelearningskillsorinterestineconomics,thusstudentsarenotmotivatedtocontinuestudyingeconomics.Thebenefitsofemployingactiveteachingtechniquesarewelldocumented.ClaxtonandMurrell(1987)foundthatusingavarietyofteachingtechniques,includingactivelearning,improvesstudentperformance.Morespecifically,studentproblemsolvingskills,criticalthinkingabilities,andattitudesareimprovedasstudentsbecomeactivelyinvolvedinclass(BeckerandWatts,1995;JohnsonandJohnson,1989,1991;andMaierandKeenan,1994).Shuell(1986)suggeststhatallmeaningfullearningrequirestheactiveparticipationonthepartofthelearner.Therearemanywaystoincorporateactivelearningineconomicclasses.Forexample,CarlsonandSchodt(1995)discussusingcasestudiesanddiscussion;CarlsonandSkaggs(2000)use

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Title	A Review Activity for Economics
Authors/Creators:	Meghan J. Millea, Mississippi State University
Year:	2003
Volume:	18
Number:	2
Pages:	84 - 88
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Teaching, Learning, Pedagogy, Economic literacy, Educational theory,

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Millea, Meghan J. / 2003. "A Review Activity for Economics." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 18(2): 84-88.