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Evaluating Teaching Methods: Is It Worth Doing Right?

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  • Nelson, Robert G.
  • Wilson, Norbert L.W.

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Reviewers of manuscripts on classroom experiments often ask the authors to provide evidence of the effectiveness of the method, presumably to justify substituting experiments for lectures. After reviewing the current state of evaluation methodology, we argue that such evidence may be neither sufficient nor even necessary for the purpose.

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  • Nelson, Robert G. & Wilson, Norbert L.W., 2008. "Evaluating Teaching Methods: Is It Worth Doing Right?," 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas 6810, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saeaed:6810
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6810
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