Disseminating Experiments in Economics with the Econport Digital Library

利用 Econport 数字图书馆传播经济学实验

• 批准号: 0622534
• 负责人: James Cox
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-01-02 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0622534&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Disseminating; Experiments; Economics; Econport; Digital

Economics (82) Economics is a critical component of the undergraduate curriculum, and the integration of experiments into economics courses has proven beneficial in helping students to learn microeconomics principles. Such experiments enable undergraduates to reflect on their responses to economic incentives and on the role of institutional arrangements, thus gaining a deeper understanding of economic models than they have acquired using less-interactive learning environments. However, many institutions lack the resources to develop their own dedicated experimental economics facilities. Building on work to develop EconPort, an economics digital library, this project is undertaking a national effort to disseminate experiments to hundreds of instructors from a diverse set of two- and four-year colleges around the country. Instructors learn about the experiments, and how to integrate them into their courses, at workshops that are held primarily in conjunction with economics conferences around the country. Formative project evaluation is informing the development and presentation of the workshop materials; summative evaluation addresses the efficacy of the workshops and how the use of economics experiments shapes successful teaching strategies.

经济学是本科课程的重要组成部分，将实验融入经济学课程已被证明有助于学生学习微观经济学原理。这些实验使本科生能够反思他们对经济激励的反应和制度安排的作用，从而比他们在较少互动的学习环境中获得的经济模型有更深的理解。然而，许多机构缺乏资源来开发自己的专用实验经济学设施。在开发经济学数字图书馆EconPort的基础上，该项目正在开展一项全国性的努力，向来自全国各地不同的两年制和四年制大学的数百名教师传播实验。在主要与全国各地的经济学会议同时举行的研讨会上，教师们了解这些实验，以及如何将它们整合到自己的课程中。形成性项目评估是为工作坊材料的开发和呈现提供信息；总结性评价解决了讲习班的有效性，以及如何使用经济学实验塑造成功的教学策略。