{"title":"Improving student outcomes in large introductory courses","authors":"Catherine Boulatoff , Teresa L. Cyrus","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100247","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Large introductory courses may be cost-effective for universities, but present many drawbacks, including student absenteeism, high failure rates, and reduced learning. We undertook a re-design of our Principles of Economics courses in order to improve the learning outcomes for collaborative, dependent, and independent learners, by introducing three changes: mandatory tutorials with active learning activities; consistency in course instructors; and online quizzes. We administered a survey to students before and after the intervention to evaluate the impact of these changes on three learning outcomes: final grades, final exam scores, and self-reported learning. Our results show that the intervention positively impacted all learning outcomes, primarily due to increased tutorial attendance. Encouragingly, the strongest improvement occurred for students at the low end of the grade distribution.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 100247"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71855803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Laptops in the Classroom Produce Negative Externalities? Evidence from a Classroom Field Experiment","authors":"Kevin R. Meyer","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79997026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Variation in Individual Engagement in Team-based Learning and Final Exam Performance","authors":"M. Espey","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81412851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching with Twitter: An Extension to the Traditional Learning Environment.","authors":"Paul Middleditch, William Moindrot, S. Rudkin","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100252","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87512561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which online learning resources do undergraduate economics students’ value and does their use improve academic attainment? A comparison and revealed preferences from before and during the Covid pandemic","authors":"Lory Barile, C. Elliott, Michael McCann","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"100253 - 100253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85806308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Student Outcomes in Large Introductory Courses","authors":"Catherine Boulatoff, Teresa L. Cyrus","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100247","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88523811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Whittard, Elizabeth Green, Mariyam Shaffau Shareef, Idrees Ismail
{"title":"The Multidimensional Model of the One-Minute Paper: advancing theory through theoretical elaboration","authors":"D. Whittard, Elizabeth Green, Mariyam Shaffau Shareef, Idrees Ismail","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100248","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83598031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adapting the Case Method in an Economics Capstone Research Course","authors":"Brooks M. Depro, Katy Rouse","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100249","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77721213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gary Wai Chung Wong , Paulina Pui Yun Wong, James Chit Ming Chong
{"title":"Low-fidelity buyer seller simulations can encourage authentic learning experiences","authors":"Gary Wai Chung Wong , Paulina Pui Yun Wong, James Chit Ming Chong","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100241","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The goal of this study is to introduce and evaluate a novel online simulation method built upon buyer-seller roleplay in a private social network for housing economics education. This is at a time when classroom disruptions due to COVID-19 require new methods to engage with students asynchronously. While methods like game-based learning simulations show potential to engage, they are often high-fidelity and require high setup costs. This is also the case for existing housing simulation games, for which besides being single player mode, costs for technical customization and learning curve reduces adoption in the classroom. In this context, the use of social networks to facilitate a low-fidelity buyer-seller housing roleplay may provide flexible learning goals and peer engagement, but its implementation is unclear. This gap in knowledge has motivated this investigation, for which undergraduate students in Hong Kong participated in property buyer-seller roleplay. Students posted available property and buyers bid for them using comments on a private social media app, Soqqle. Post-course reflective essays suggest that various student needs were met, indicating that the setup supports flexible learning outcomes. Authentic learning<span> outcomes like knowledge transfer, reflection, challenge, and realism were also experienced. Further, although statistically insignificant due to lack of observations, a regression analysis shows that experiencing and overcoming challenges (β = 3.996, p = .082) provides the biggest learning outcome (</span></span><em>R</em><sup><em>2</em></sup> = 0.325). A focus group with other simulation practitioners suggests the benefits of this method could extend to them. The findings of this study can benefit practitioners of game-based learning looking for quick and easy methods to introduce online roleplay for real-life scenarios in their classes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100241"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71837743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daria Bottan , Douglas McKee , George Orlov , Anna McDougall
{"title":"Racial and gender achievement gaps in an economics classroom","authors":"Daria Bottan , Douglas McKee , George Orlov , Anna McDougall","doi":"10.1016/j.iree.2022.100239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100239","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we document gender and race/ethnic achievement gaps over four semesters of an intermediate-level economics course. We find that, on average, under-represented minority (URM) students score lower on assessments, and this racial achievement gap differs in important ways for male and female students. Male URM students earned lower final exam scores than male non-URM students, but this gap disappears when we control for differences in prior preparation. In contrast, female URM students performed significantly worse than female non-URM students, even after controlling for prior preparation. We also analyze scores on low-stakes assessments and surveys about study behavior and find that the theory of stereotype threat most consistently explains our results. As these issues are unlikely to be unique to our classroom, we offer several potential pedagogical approaches found in the literature to address the differences in prior preparation and stereotype threat that underlie observed achievement gaps.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45496,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Economics Education","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 100239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71837744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}