11th Australasian Teaching Economics Conference: Recent submissions
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Approaches to economics education
Published 2005-01-01In these pages we argue that economics has much to learn from recent advances in knowledge of how students approach learning. If we influence how students approach learning we can increase their conceptual growth and change. ...Open AccessConference paper -
Promoting interactive in-class learning environments: A comparison of an electronic response system with a traditional alternative
Published 2005-01-01Improved achievement and satisfaction arise when classes are made interactive (Hake 1998). Elliot (2003) reports positive results when an electronic response system is introduced in a microeconomics course, but recognises ...Open AccessConference paper -
An introduction to eRoadmapping: Providing learning paths for students and empowering teachers
Published 2005-01-01This paper reports on the development of an innovative teaching strategy: an eRoadmap. Based on the theory of conceptual mapping, the eRoadmap provides an interactive, hierarchical structure for course delivery, using the ...Open AccessConference paper -
Multimodal design for hybrid learning materials in a second-level economics course
Published 2005-01-01In 2003 the University of Southern Queensland announced that, owing to cost and demand pressures, student learning materials would be progressively migrated to a ‘hybrid’ model, the centrepiece of which was to be a ...Open AccessConference paper -
Introductory microeconomics students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of a collaborative learning method
Published 2005-01-01The paper analyses student perceptions of a collaborative learning method used in first-year microeconomics tutorials at Flinders University. Questionnaire responses indicate that a clear majority of students saw social, ...Open AccessConference paper