SHAPING THE LEARNING CURVE

About the Book

This edited volume contains a collection of essays that reflect a broad area of economic education inquiry ranging from teaching assessment to the philosophy of the classroom. Written by economics scholars from across the nation, this volume presents recent discoveries in presentation, assessment, and other aspects of economic education at colleges and universities in the U.S. These articles represent but a sample of the growing commentary among academics on the importance of effective teaching and economic education scholarship.

About the Author

Franklin G. Mixon Jr. is the Business Advisory Council Professor of Economics at The University of Southern Mississippi. His research in economic education and in other fields of economics has appeared in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Economic Education.