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Tony Huang

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A.B. Economics and Statistics '18

Tony Huang is currently a freshmen living in Wigglesworth.  He is originally from Brunswick, Georgia and plans to concentrate in Economics with a secondary in Statistics.  He is working with Professor Dustin Tingley on the...

"Just in Time" Response Papers

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Students submit response papers immediately prior to attending class with the goal of increased preparedness for discussion. Goal: Prime students for discussion in junior tutorial so their minds are fresh. Introduction/Background: Robert Turley assigned...

Prisoner's Dilemma Game

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Is it better to cooperate or defect? In this game, students participate in a real life prisoner's dilemma game. Each student has a partner and a red and black playing card to indicate which of two choices the student prefers. Each choice corresponds to a...

Fun Quizzes

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Claudia Goldin introduces her students to the economic aspects of polygamy and fertility through "fun quizzes" that lead students to reevaluate their preconceptions. Before class, the instructor sends out notes to accompany the readings. Then there are...

Iran Sanctions Security Council Simulation

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Students learn about the effectiveness of sanctions and a pressing international conflict through a simulation of a National Security Council meeting. Goals: To enliven learning about an academic area of research: the effectiveness of unilateral and...

Education in the Economy

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In this seminar, students work to determine causal relationships and engage with readings about the economic environment of education. Each week the instructor posts questions relating to the readings, and students are encouraged to post their answers...

Pair and Share

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A typical technique to foster collaborative learning, “pair and share” can take various forms in classrooms. The most commonly practiced and studied is Think-Pair-Share, developed by Frank Lyman of the University of Maryland (Lyman, 1981), where students...

Quick Write

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Writing has long been recognized as a powerful tool for learning (Rivard, 1994). While traditional writing focuses on students’ abilities to express ideas with correct language usage, the “Quick Write” is an instructional approach that activates students’...

Let’s Try to Stop the Tokugawa Shogunate from Collapsing: Role Playing Historical Decisions

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Students travel back in time to 19 th-century Japan, assuming the roles of advisors to the Tokugawa shogunate. They must synthesize primary readings on social and political unrest to propose reforms that could prevent the regime from collapsing...

Mesoamerican Cooking Experience

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Christina Warinner from the University of Oklahoma uses this interactive cooking activity to expose students to traditional Mesoamerican foods. Students will understand how much labor was necessary to craft these foods during their cultural exploration...

Econ in the News

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In Trisha Shrum's section of Ec 10, students are asked to find current news articles relating to the theoretical concepts learned in class. Each week, a different student or pair of students sends an article out to the class 24 hours before section...

Why We Trade

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In Syon Bhanot's section of Ec 10, students play a game to understand comparative advantage and the benefits of trade. The instructor splits the students into two groups, each of which represents a different country. The groups receive information on what...