EXPANDING TEACHINGAND LEARNING HORIZONSIN ECONOMIC EDUCATION -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PART I. RESEARCH -- THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE BUSINESSAND ECONOMICS MAJORS ON THE MAJORFIELD TEST IN BUSINESS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TEST -- REVIEW OF POTENTIAL FACTORS AFFECTING ACHIEVEMENT -- Gender -- General Ability or Achievement -- Race, Ethnicity, and International Status -- Age and Class Standing -- Transfer Status -- Business Major -- Overall Business Achievement and Course Effects -- DATA AND SAMPLE -- Descriptive Results -- CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS -- Model 1: Effects of Majors -- Model 2: Course Effects -- Model 2 Extended: Course Effects by Major -- Model 3: Course Transfer Effects -- Model 4: Transfer Course and Major Interaction -- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHICKS DON'T DIG IT:GENDER, ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCEIN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS CLASSES -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- ESTIMATION MODELS -- DISAGGREGATING THE ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- APPENDIX 1: MODEL AND SPECIFICATION -- APPENDIX 2: SPECIFICATION TESTING -- A. Testing Validity of Instruments for IV estimation -- B. Testing for Sample Selection -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIENCES WITH, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS,CHEATING AMONG BUSINESS STUDENTSAND THEIR PEERS -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX. DEMOGRAPHICS OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS -- REFERENCES -- DO THEY, OR DON'T THEY? A REVIEWOF EVIDENCE ON CHEATINGBY ECONOMICS MAJORS∗ -- INTRODUCTION -- A VERY SHORT COURSE IN THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF CHEATING -- The Literature on Cheating -- Cost-Benefit Studies -- Survey-Based and Review Studies -- Econometric Studies -- Do Economists Think Differently? -- Some Unresolved Questions -- Problems with Survey Data.

Are We Missing Something? The Case for Missing Variables -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- ECONOMIC LITERACY, ATTITUDESAND OPINIONS OF ADULTS∗ -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DATA AND INSTRUMENTS -- ATTITUDES -- KNOWLEDGE -- KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE FORMATION -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: OLS REGRESSION RESULTS (N=267 ADULTS) -- REFERENCES -- HOMEWORK, PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCEIN PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYSIS AND DATA -- DETERMINANTS OF IN-CLASS EXAM GRADES -- DOES PRACTICE MAKE PERFECT? -- ALTERNATIVE TESTS OF HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE EFFECTSON STUDENT PERFORMANCE -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- STUDENT RESPONSE TO ATTENDANCE POLICIES INPRINCIPLES COURSES: THE CARROT AND THE STICK -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- OUR EXPERIMENT -- A SIMPLE MODEL -- DATA -- OLS RESULTS -- DIFFERENCES ACROSS ATTENDANCE POLICIES -- DIFFERENCES ACROSS INSTITUTION TYPE -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- HEY, SAILOR! WANT TO GETA HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA?∗ -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- APPENDIX A.DETAILS ON DATA SOURCES AS WELL AS SAMPLEAND VARIABLE DEFINITIONS -- Census Data -- Navy Data -- State-Level Data -- Exit exams: See table 1 for sources -- Other (State-Level) Data and Sources -- REFERENCES -- PART II. TEACHING AND CONTENT -- TEACHING POLITICAL ECONOMY:ON THE ECONOMICS SIGNIFICANCEOF THE PUBLIC'S JOB APPROVAL RATINGOF THE PRESIDENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FRAMEWORK -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RECENT FILM SCENES FOR TEACHINGINTRODUCTORY ECONOMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHING WITH FILM CLIPS -- SETTING THE SCENE -- The Scenes -- FAQs -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AN ARMCHAIR VIEW OF ESCALATORSAND MOVING WALKWAYS -- INTRODUCTION -- RESTING AND MOVING -- TRAIN STATIONS, AIRPORTS, CONVENTION HOTELS,AND SHOPPING MALLS.

MOVING WALKWAYS -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- TEACHING TARIFFS USING WELFARE ECONOMICS:TO THINK "IN AN ECONOMICS WAY"VIA E-LEARNING -- INTRODUCTION -- TARIFFS AND WELFARE ANALYSIS EXAMPLE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- USING THE SIMS TO TEACHMENGERIAN ECONOMICS∗ -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SIMS AND THEIR NEEDS -- USING GOODS TO MEET NEEDS -- HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND NEEDS -- MULTIPLE GOODS AND MULTIPLE NEEDS -- TIME AND THE FULFILLMENT OF NEEDS -- JOBS AND SKILLS (OR MEANS AND ENDS) -- DEATH, MOURNING, AND IMAGINARY GOODS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ADAM'S APPLE:USING JOHNNY APPLESEEDTO TEACH THE INVISIBLE HAND -- INTRODUCTION -- JOHNNY APPLESEED: MYTH VERSUS REALITY -- WHY JOHNNY APPLESEED? -- A CLASSROOM DISCUSSION -- AN OUT OF CLASS ASSIGNMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION ABOUT PERFECTCOMPETITION: THE TREATMENT OF PERFECTINFORMATION IN INTRODUCTORYECONOMICS TEXTBOOKS* -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HEAVY LIFTING OF PERFECT INFORMATIONWITHIN PERFECT COMPETITION -- FROM PERFECT TO IMPERFECT INFORMATION -- WHY WAIT? -- CONCLUSION: IS THERE A FUTURE FOR PERFECT INFORMATION? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- HITTING THE RENT-SEEKING CONCEPT OUTOF THE PARK IN ECONOMICS PRINCIPLES COURSES:THE CASE OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL STADIUMS -- INTRODUCTION -- SPORTS FRANCHISE LOCATION AS RENT-SEEKING -- RENT-SEEKING AND PROFESSIONAL BASEBALLIN ST. PETERSBURG/TAMPA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART III.THE SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMIC EDUCATION -- A DIFFERENTIATED MODEL OF DOCTORALTRAINING IN ECONOMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM AND SINCE THE COGEE -- The Strength and Weaknesses of the Standard Model -- Continued Adherence to the Standard Model -- The Effects of Adherence to Standard Curriculum -- A DIFFERENTIATED PH.D. CURRICULUM -- Narrowly Focused Training -- Integration with a Professionally-Oriented M.A. Program.

An Innovative and Specialized Doctoral Core -- THE QUALITY AND VIABILITY OF A DIFFERENTIATEDPH.D. PROGRAM -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.