Title

An Examination of the Impact That Classroom Based Experiments Have on Learning Economic Concepts

Abstract

This paper examines and extends the important pedagogical issue of whether using classroom based experiments to illustrate concepts such as supply and demand increases students' knowledge and understanding of economics. Previous literature has only considered this in a single course whereas this work broadens the focus to both the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics course. Student understanding and knowledge was measured via the standardized Test of Understanding College Economics exam in conjunction with the individual courses' final exam. Results indicate that there is not an improvement in either TUCE scores or the final exam score by students who were exposed to classroom experiments. Furthermore, there is some evidence that the experiments might actually lower an instructor's student evaluations. (A22) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Economics (0361-6576) is the property of Missouri Valley Economic Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Department(s)

Economics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2017

Journal Title

Journal of Economics

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