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Browsing by Author "Thomas, Nicola"

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    Facilitating Student Connections and Study Partners During Periods of Remote and Online Learning
    Wooten, Jadrian; Geerling, Wayne; Thomas, Nicola (Journal of Economics Teaching, 2020-01-01)
    We outline an early-semester social activity designed to engage students with course material at an early point in the semester, but also to foster social and academic connections. Social engagement among students has been shown to have a positive impact on learning and the move to remote and online teaching has placed students in an environment lacking social opportunities. We provide formal and informal feedback of the events as well as extensions for additional social events that could be completed throughout the semester.
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    Using Squid Game to Teach Game Theory
    Geerling, Wayne; Nagy, Kristofer; Rhee, Elaine; Thomas, Nicola; Wooten, Jadrian (Journal of Economics Teaching, 2022)
    This paper uses Netflix’s dystopian Korean-language drama series Squid Game (2021) to illustrate an active learning technique to support the teaching of game theory in undergraduate courses. The series is chosen because it demonstrates different games with which the characters have to engage as part of the narrative. Geerling, Mateer and Addler (2020) show that using popular films in class is an effective way to introduce and motivate the deeper learning of core game theory concepts. We build on this work by providing instructors with a menu of quick teaching scenes and extended teaching guides, from which they can freely select and adapt to their particular needs. These resources provide summaries of the scenes, links to the clips, key concepts, and assessment questions. This teaching material is suitable for use in both principles-level courses, where game theory is first introduced, and advanced-level courses.