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ERIC Number: EJ608990
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
Promoting Active-Student Learning Using the World Wide Web in Economics Courses.
Simkins, Scott P.
Journal of Economic Education, v30 n3 p278-91 Sum 1999
Illustrates how Web-based technologies can be used to encourage and motivate students to become active participants in the introductory economics classroom and describes two Web-based active learning exercises that place students in the center of the learning process. Includes reactions by Kim Sosin and Linda M. Manning. (CMK)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Economics Education, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Persuasive Discourse, Student Improvement, Student Motivation, Teacher Improvement, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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