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CTREE 2017

Thank you to everyone who presented, discussed, chaired and attended! This was the first time I have been the chair of a conference organizing committee and while it was a lot of work, it was also a lot of fun and I'm pretty proud of the program we put together. A few highlights for me: I was psyched to see multiple papers where the authors were looking at the impact of something happening in one course by focusing on outcomes at a later point in time, like performance in the follow-on intermediate course. One of my biggest problems with a lot of the SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) literature is that in most effectiveness studies, the outcomes are within-course measures, like scores on a final exam or final course grades. While it's certainly reassuring that outcomes like these are not negatively affected by pedagogical changes like active learning, I have always felt that the more important questions involve what happens after students leave our classroom. Do th

Econ Ed at the ASSAs

For those who will be braving the Chicago winter to attend the ASSA meetings, I hope to see you at one of the teaching-related sessions! And don't forget the AEA's Committee on Economics Education's reception on Friday evening! AEA Committee on Economic Education Poster Session Friday, Jan. 6, 2017; 8:00 AM– 10:00 AM Hyatt Regency Chicago, Toronto Hosted By: AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Chair: Steve Cobb, University of North Texas MACRO Monopoly: Applying a Game-Based Economic Development Lesson Kim Holder , University of West Georgia Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Teach Economics Concepts Matthew Pham , Landmark College Jim Koskoris , Landmark College In Search of Best Classroom Practices Hari S. Luitel , Algoma University Oxford-Style Inspired Academic Competitive Debates With a Twist on Hot Topics of International Economics and Finance Sylwia E. Starnawska , State University of New York-Empire State College Industrial Design at the Se