Edited by Gail M. Hoyt, Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky and KimMarie McGoldrick, Professor of Economics, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Business, Department of Economics, University of Richmond, US

‘The International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics is a power packed resource for anyone interested in investing time into the effective improvement of their personal teaching methods, and for those who desire to teach students how to think like an economist. It sets guidelines for the successful integration of economics into a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional settings in college and graduate courses with some attention paid to primary and secondary classrooms. . . The International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics is highly recommended for all economics instructors and individuals supporting economic education in courses in and outside of the major. This Handbook provides a multitude of rich resources that make it easy for new and veteran instructors to improve their instruction in ways promising to excite an increasing number of students about learning economics. This Handbook should be on every instructor’s desk and referenced regularly.’

• Contents: PrefaceForewordWilliam Walstad PART I: A HISTORY OF ECONOMIC EDUCATION1. Phillip Saunders PART II: TEACHINGSection A – Techniques2. Case Use in Economics Instruction Patrick Conway3. Teaching with Context-Rich Problems Joann Bangs4. Using Cooperative Learning Exercises in Economics KimMarie McGoldrick5. Improving Classroom Discussion in Economics Courses W. Lee Hansen and Michael K. Salemi6. Let Experience be the Guide: Experiential Education in Economics KimMarie McGoldrick and Andrea L. Ziegert7. Classroom Experiments Tisha Emerson and Denise Hazlett8. Interactive Lecture Demonstrations: Adapting a Physics Education Pedagogy for Use in the Economics Classroom Mark Maier9. Using Just-in-Time Teaching to Promote Student Learning in Economics Scott Simkins10. Making the Large-Enrollment Course Interactive and Engaging Stephen Buckles, Gail M. Hoyt and Jennifer Imazeki11. Teaching Economics Socratically Kenneth G. Elzinga12. Writing for Learning in Economics Elizabeth Perry-Sizemore and Steven A. Greenlaw Section B – Technology13. Incorporating Media and Response Systems in the Economics Classroom Joseph Calhoun and Dirk Mateer 14. Distance Education: Course Development and Strategies for Success Mary Mathewes Kassis15. Economics Blogs and Economic Education Timothy C. Haab, Aaron Schiff, John C. WhiteheadSection C – Assessment16. Methods of Assessment in the College Economics Course Ken Rebeck and Carlos Asarta 17. An Expected Proficiencies Approach to the Economics Major W. Lee HansenSection D – Contextual Techniques18. Ethics and Critical Thinking Jonathan B. Wight19. Feminist Pedagogy and Economics Jean Shackelford 20. Integrating Race, Gender and Class Robin L. Bartlett21. Economics and Literature: The Gains from Trade Cecil E. Bohanon and Michelle Albert Vachris22. The Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Economics Arthur H. Goldsmith and James F. Casey23. Pluralism in Economics Education Robert F. Garnett, Jr. and Jack Reardon24. Threshold Concepts in Economics Education Peter DaviesSection E – Elementary, Secondary Economic Education25. Economic Education in American Elementary and Secondary Schools Paul W. Grimes26. Organizations Focused on Economic Education Sue Lynn Sasser and Helen MeyersPART III: RESEARCHSection A – Principles Courses27. The Purpose, Structure and Content of the Principles of Economics Course Geoffrey Schneider28. The Principles of Economics Textbook: Content Coverage and Usage Jane S. Lopus and Lynn ParingerSection B – Measurement Techniques of Student Performance and Literacy: College and High School 29. Measurement Techniques of Student Performance and Literacy: College and High SchoolCarlos Asarta and Ken Rebeck Section C – Factors Influencing Student Performance in Economics30. Research on the Effectiveness of Non-Traditional Pedagogies Joshua D. Miller and Robert P. Rebelein31. Factors Influencing Performance in Economics: Graphs and Quantitative Usage Mary Ellen Benedict and John Hoag32. Student Characteristics, Behavior, and Performance in Economics Classes Ann L. Owen33. Factors Influencing Student Performance in Economics: Class and Instructor Characteristics Wayne A. Grove and Stephen WuSection D – What Every Economist Should Know About the Evaluation of Teaching: A Review of Literature 34. What Every Economist Should Know About the Evaluation of Teaching: A Review of the Literature Stephen B. DeLoachSection E – Scholarship of Teaching and Learning35. Data Resources and Econometric Techniques William Bosshardt and Peter E. Kennedy 36. Lessons from Physics Education Research: Lessons for Economics Education Mark Maier and Scott Simkins37. Journals and Beyond: Publishing Economics Education Research Peter Davies and William L. Goffe PART IV: CONTENT38. Less is More: The Perils of Trying to Cover too Much in Microeconomic Principles Robert H. Frank39. Macroeconomic Principles are Still Relevant and Still Important William A. McEachern40. Teaching Non-Majors Deborah M. Figart41. Intermediate Microeconomics Walter Nicholson42. Intermediate Macroeconomics Christopher L. Foote43. Teaching Undergraduate Econometrics Jeffrey M. Wooldridge44. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Antitrust Economics Roger D. Blair and Christine Piette Durrance45. The Economics of Education: Applying Economic Theory and Empirical Tools to Public Policy Jessica S. Howell 46. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Teaching the Non-Major and Major Simultaneously Lynne Y. Lewis 47. Teaching Experimental Economics: Reinforcing Paradigms and Bringing Research into the Undergraduate Classroom Charles A. Holt48. Game Theory in a Liberal Arts Education Joseph E. Harrington, Jr.49. Teaching a Research-Inspired Course on Growth and Development Marla Ripoll50. Teaching American Economic History Price Fishback and Pamela Nickless51. The Economic History of European Growth Daniel Barbezat52. Why and How to Teach the History of Economic Thought: Economics as Historically Produced Knowledge Avi J. Cohen and Ross B. Emmett 53. Health Economics – Methods for a New Field Allen C. Goodman 54. Teaching Undergraduate Industrial Organization Economics Elizabeth J. Jensen 55. Teaching International Finance, Adapting to Globalization Stefan C. Norrbin and Onsurang Norrbin56. Teaching International Trade by Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice Raymond Robertson57. Building Human Capital in the Labor Economics Course Barry T. Hirsch 58. The Challenges and Pleasures of Teaching Law and Economics Thomas S. Ulen59. Teaching Managerial Economics with Problems Instead of Models Luke M. Froeb and James C. Ward60. Using Real-World Applications to Policy and Everyday Life to Teach Money and BankingDean Croushore61. Teaching Political Economy to Undergraduate Students William Waller62. Some Reflections on Teaching the Economics of PovertyJames P. Ziliak63. Public Economics Edgar O. Olsen64. Sports Economics as Applied Microeconomics Peter von Allmen, Michael A. Leeds and Brad R. Humphreys65. Using Location, Agglomeration, and Policy Issues to Teach Urban Economics Daniel P. McMillen 66. Women and Men in the Economy Francine D. Blau and Anne E. WinklerPART V: INSTITUTIONAL / ADMINISTRATIVESection A – Faculty Development: Mentoring, Evaluation, Documentation and Resources 67. Faculty Development: Mentoring, Evaluation, Documentation and Resources Rae Jean B. GoodmanSection B – Undergraduate Education68. The Economics Major in the United States John J. Siegfried69. Curricular and Co-curricular Aspects of the Economics Major at Highly Ranked Schools David H. Dean and Robert C. Dolan Section C – The Characteristics of Economics Graduate Students 70. The Characteristics of Economics Graduate StudentsWendy A. StockSection D – International Economic Education71. Supporting Economics Higher Education in the United Kingdom John Sloman and Inna Pomorina72. Economics Education in Australia Alan Duhs and Ross Guest73. Ordonomics and the Current State of Economic Education in Germany Ewald Mittelstaedt and Claudia WiepckePART VI: INITIATIVES FOR TEACHING ENHANCEMENTSection A – Private, Corporate and Government Funding for Economic Education74. Private, Corporate and Government Funding for Economic EducationWilliam T. Alpert and Michael A. MacDowellSection B – An Introduction to Economic Organizations in the US and Beyond75. Near and Far – An Introduction to Economic Education Organizations in the US and Beyond Franklin G. Mixon, JrSection C – Economics Teaching Workshops: Past, Present, Future 76. Economics Teaching Workshops: Past, Present, and FutureJoab N. Corey, James D. Gwartney and Gail M. Hoyt Index