The Stavros Center hosts several workshops and events throughout the year. We encourage teachers to attend workshops to broaden their horizons.
Economic Experiments in the Classroom
| When: | Wednesday, March 17, 2004 (8:15 AM to 3:00 PM) |
| Workshop Leaders: |
Mark Issac and Tim Salmon Department of Economics, Florida State University |
| For Whom: | This workshop will be of interest to teachers at both the Middle School and High School Levels. In addition, social science teachers, math teachers will find it of interest. |
| Where: | STAVROS CENTER 250 South Woodward Avenue (on the corner of S. Woodward and Jefferson St.) Tallahassee, FL 32306-4220 (850) 644-4772 |
| Coffee and doughnuts will be available just prior to the workshop, and lunch will be served at noon. |
Workshop Topics
- What is Experimental Economics?
- How and why to use Experimental Methods in the Classroom
- Demonstrations of Economic Experiments
- Supply and Demand: How Markets Equilibrate
- Asset Markets: Bubbles and Crashes in Stock Markets
- Public Goods: How Can Roads be Built?
About The Workshop Leader
This is a hands-on workshop. It will provide you with several experiments that you can use in the classroom to illustrate economic concepts and make them come alive for your students. Attendees will participate as buyers, sellers, traders, and investors in demonstration versions of experiments that can be used in the classroom. This workshop will provide you with some exciting and innovative ideas that will make your class more interesting and, at the same time enhance your ability to get important concepts across to your students. It will make you a better teacher.
Additional Workshop Information
Workshop qualifies for in-service points.
Workshop Agenda
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
| 8:15 - 8:45 AM | Coffee, Juice, and Doughnuts |
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introductions, James Gwartney |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | Introduction to Experimental Economics |
| 10:15 - 10:30 AM | Coffee/Soft Drink Break |
| 10:30 AM - Noon | Teaching Supply and Demand using the Oral Double Auction |
| Noon - 1:00 PM | Luncheon |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Other Classroom Experiments: Public Goods and Asset Markets |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | Wrap-up and Discussion of Future Programs |
