Classroom experiments: Not just fun and games

Y Durham, T McKinnon, C Schulman - Economic Inquiry, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Experiments increase cognitive gains overall but may be more helpful in … by classroom
experiments. The results indicate that the costs of implementing experiments in the classroom

Teaching economics with classroom experiments: A symposium

CA Holt - Southern Economic Journal, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
classroom experiments that often show a strong similarity to the earlier research experiments
Important procedural differences exist between teaching and research experiments. This is …

Classroom experiments

T Emerson, D Hazlett - International handbook on teaching and …, 2012 - elgaronline.com
Classroom experiments are one of a variety of active learning techniques intended to promote
higher- order thinking. A classroom experiment … implemented, experiments help students …

Do classroom experiments increase learning in introductory microeconomics?

M Dickie - The Journal of Economic Education, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
… On the other hand, Cardell et al. reported that integrating four classroom experiments
classroom experiment. I present the results of an experiment designed to test whether classroom

Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT): Review of Ten Classroom Experiments.

DL De Vries, RE Slavin - Journal of research and development in education, 1978 - ERIC
Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) is a classroom program which addresses the problems of
student values, student diversity, and basic skills. This article describes: how TGT works, its …

The impact of classroom experiments on the learning of economics: An empirical investigation

B Frank - Economic Inquiry, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
classroom experiment. In different courses in environmental economics or public Jnance,
a brief take-some game was performed. Students who took part in this classroom experiment, …

Classroom experiments: Teaching specific topics or promoting the economic way of thinking?

TLN Emerson, LK English - The Journal of Economic Education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
… Existing studies on the efficacy of classroom experiments in promoting student achievement
… which experiments impact learning. The first approach focuses on particular experiments

[PDF][PDF] Classroom teaching experiments in mechanics

D Brown, J Clement - Research in physics learning: Theoretical …, 1992 - people.umass.edu
… ln this paper we report on a classroom teaching experiment examining two units on the topics
of gravity (3-4 lessons) and inertia (4-6 lessons), taught in two successive years. In the first …

Classroom experiments: Is more more?

TLN Emerson, L English - American Economic Review, 2016 - aeaweb.org
… ” in the use of classroom experiments—with a maximum benefit reached somewhere between
the fifth and seventh experiment. Further, we find that classroom experiments can bridge …

Experimental moralities: Ethics in classroom experiments

J Stodder - The Journal of Economic Education, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
… I have seen the power of experiments in the classroom and am … pedagogy raised by three
common experiments: the prisoner’s … raised in assessing grades for these three experiments. …