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Courses In Economics Should Be Required, Robert D. Coston
Courses In Economics Should Be Required, Robert D. Coston
Southern Business Review
Dr. Coston is Associate Proressor of Economics and Chairman, Department of Economics in the School of Business, Georgia Southern College.
Keynote Address: Economics And Public Issues Conference, Keith Hall
Keynote Address: Economics And Public Issues Conference, Keith Hall
Southern Business Review
Dr. Keith Hall is chief economist for the U.S. Department of Commerce, principle economic advisor to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, and a key member of the Secretary's management team. He provided the keynote address at the Economics and Public Issues Conference held at Georgia Southern University on June 5, 2004, in advance of the G8 Summit at Sea Island, GA, June 8 - 11, 2004.
Practice. Practice. Practice. Do Homework Management Systems Work?, Kathy K. Archer, Mark Olson
Practice. Practice. Practice. Do Homework Management Systems Work?, Kathy K. Archer, Mark Olson
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Practice is an essential component in learning any new skill. For learning the quantitative disciplines at the university level, web-based homework management systems provide the means for extensive practice with immediate feedback, which research suggests should lead to increased student learning (Palocsay & Stevens, 2008; Titard, DeFranceschi, & Knight, 2014). Do web-based homework management systems improve student learning, as measured by exam scores, for adult learners in an online course? Does the use of simple Microsoft Excel-based homework templates relate to improved student exam scores? This natural experiment divided a sample of 2431 online students in an entry level university …