Joshua Hall · Kerianne Lawson Editors Teaching EconomicsPerspectives on InnovativeEconomics EducationTeaching EconomicsJoshua Hall • Kerianne LawsonEditorsTeaching EconomicsPerspectives on InnovativeEconomics Education123EditorsJoshua HallCollege of Business and EconomicsWest Virginia UniversityMorgantownWest Virginia, USAKerianne LawsonCollege of Business and EconomicsWest Virginia UniversityMorgantownWest Virginia, USAISBN 978-3-030-20695-6ISBN 978-3-030-20696-3(eBook)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20696-3© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors orthe editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for anyerrors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictionalclaims in published maps and institutional affiliations.This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG.The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, SwitzerlandAcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the Center for Free Enterprise at West Virginia Universityfor general research support.vContents1The Development of Interactive Classroom Activities to TeachEconomic Freedom to Students of Various Learning Styles ...........1Signè Thomas2Video Games in Teaching Economics ....................................9David Youngberg3One-Shot Game: A Free-Market Approach to the Principlesof Microeconomics Class...................................................33Ninos P. Malek4A Highly Simplified Pollution Abatement Game........................45Nimish Adhia5Assignments to Engage Students in Economics Study AbroadPrograms ....................................................................53Darshak Patel6The Economic Principles of My Cancer Treatment:How to Use Medical Experiences to Teach Economics .................63Joab Corey7Textbook Confessions: Government Policies and MarketOutcomes ....................................................................75Hugo Eyzaguirre, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, and Brian O’Roark8University and High School Economics Educators Partnership:A Model from La Crosse, Wisconsin .....................................89Adam Hoffer and Andrew Beckstrom9A Classroom Experiment: The Redistribution of Quiz Scores ........97Gordon Smith10Making Economics Stick with Econ Beats ............................... 105Abdullah Al-Bahrani and Leith ThompsonviiviiiContents11Navigating the Economics Major: The Effect of Genderon Students’ Degree Pathways ............................................ 115Laura J. Ahlstrom and Carlos J. Asarta12Taking a Path Less Traveled: Mastering ‘Metrics Withouta Textbook ................................................................... 137Alice Louise Kassens13Structured Writing Assignments in an American EconomicHistory Course .............................................................. 155Judge Glock, Joshua Hall, and Marcus M. Witcher14Integrating the Economic Way of Thinking into US HistoryCourses ...................................................................... 163M. Scott Niederjohn and Colin O’ReillyContributorsNimish Adhia Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, USALaura J. Ahlstrom Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USAAbdullah Al-Bahrani Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, USACarlos J. Asarta University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USAAndrew Beckstrom Onalaska High School, Onalaska, WI, USAJoab Corey University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USAHugo Eyzaguirre Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USATawni Hunt Ferrarini Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, USAJudge Glock West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USAJoshua Hall College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University,Morgantown, WV, USAAdam Hoffer University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USAAlice Louise Kassens Roanoke College, Salem, VA, USANinos P. Malek De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, USAM. Scott Niederjohn Lakeland University, Plymouth, WI, USAColin O’Reilly Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USABrian O’Ro...
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