I. Articles
and Reviews in Professional Journals
“Teachers’
Undergraduate Coursework in Economics in the Baccalaureate
and Beyond Longitudinal Study,” (with William Bosshardt),
36, Fall 2005, Journal of Economic Education,
forthcoming.
“Closing an
Economic Education Conference in OZ,” (with William Walstad),
Summer 2005, Journal of Economic Education, 306-08.
“What the
Empirical Research Tells Us About Precollege Economic
Education” and “Developing Economic Education Curriculum and
Materials,” Fall 2004, Continuing Education in Ukraine,
Central Post-Diploma Institute, Kiev. Printed in
English (pp. 16-19; 51-53) and Russian (pp. 13-16; 50-51).
"What Students Remember and Say about
College Economics Years Later," (with Sam Allgood, William
Bosshardt, and H. Wilbert van der Klaauw), May 2004,
American Economic Review, forthcoming.
"Changing Incentives and Time
Allocations for Academic Economists: Results From
1995-2000 National Surveys," (with Cynthia Harter and
William Becker), Journal of Economic Education,
forthcoming.
"Is
Sexy Economics and Economics Teaching Necessary or Sufficient?"
July 2003, Southern Economic Journal, 214-19, 223-25.
"How
Economists Use Literature and Drama," Fall 2002, Journal
of Economic Education, 377-86.
"A
National Survey of State Assessment Practices in the
Social Studies: Results from a National Survey,"
(with Mark Schug and Steven Buckles), July/August 2001,The
Social Studies, 141-46.
"Teaching
Methods in U.S Undergraduate Economics Courses,"
(with William Becker), Summer 2001, Journal of Economic
Education, 269-79.
"Teaching
Economics at the Start of the 21st Century:
Still Chalk and Talk" (with William Becker).
May 2001, American Economic Review, 446-51.
"Research
in Economic Education: Five New Initiatives " (with
Michael Salemi, John Siegfried, Kim Sosin, and William
Walstad), May 2001, American Economic Review,
440-45.
"Comparing
Student and Instructor Evaluations of Teaching,"
(with William Bosshardt), Winter 2001, Journal of
Economic Education, 3-17.
"Reforming
Undergraduate Instruction in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine,"
(with Alexander Kovzik), Winter 2001, Journal of
Economic Education, 78-92.
"Who
Teaches Using More Than Chalk and Talk?" (with
Cynthia Lay and William Becker), Summer 1999, Eastern
Economic Journal, 343-56. "How
Departments of Economics Evaluate Teaching" (with
William Becker), May 1999, American Economic Review,
344-49.
"How
Well Do the Standards Work Together? An Analysis
of the Economic Content of Four National Standards for
Social Studies," (with Mark Schug and Steven Buckles),
Children's Social and Economic Education:
An International Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3, published
in 1999 but dated 1997, 145-157.
"An
American Economic Educator in the Former Soviet Bloc,"
Economic Awareness, December 1998, 10-15.
"What
Social Studies Teachers Should Know About the Transition
Economies " (with Robert Harris), The Social
Studies, November/December 1998, 246-48.
"Who
Values Economic Literacy?" The Region, Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, December 1998, 44-48.
"National Standards in Economics,
History, Social Studies, Civics, and Geography:
Complementarities, Competition, or Peaceful Coexistence?"
(with Stephen Buckles), Journal of Economic Education,
Spring 1998, 157-66.
"An Appraisal of Economics
Content in the History, Civics, Social Studies, and
Geography National Standards," (with Stephen Buckles),
American Economic Review, May 1997, 254-59.
"Free
Riding Indexes for Ukrainian Economics Teachers,"
(with Sarapage McCorkle), Journal of Economic Education,
Summer 1996, pp. 233-37.
"Chalk
and Talk: A National Survey on Teaching Undergraduate
Economics," (with William Becker), American
Economic Review, May 1996, pp. 448-53.
"Teaching
Methods in Undergraduate Economics," (with William
Becker), Economic Inquiry, October 1995, pp.
692-700.
"Instructor
Effects in Economic Education: Panel Data Estimates
from Elementary and Middle Schools," (with William
Bosshardt), Journal of Economic Education, Summer
1994, pp. 195-211.
Economic
Education: A Retrospect and Outlook After 45 Years,
co-edited with Bonnie Meszaros, a special issue of the
International Journal of Social Education, Winter
1993-94. Includes
"Economic
Education in Secondary Schools in the United States
and Other Nations," (with William Walstad), pp.
77-86.
"International
Economics in U.S. High Schools: Results From a
National Survey," (with Robert Highsmith), Journal
of Economic Education, Fall 1992, pp. 291-315.
"How
Instructors Make a Difference: Panel Data Estimates
from Principles of Economics Courses," (with William
Bosshardt), Review of Economics and Statistics,
May 1991, pp. 336-40.
"Instructor
Effects and Their Determinants in Pre-College Economic
Education," (with William Bosshardt), Journal
of Economic Education, Summer 1990, pp. 265-76.
"The
Outlook for the Greater Lafayette Economy: 1990,"
Indiana Business
Review, December
1989, pp. 10-11.
"Social
Studies Coordinators and a K-12 Program in Economic
Education," Theory and Research in Social Education,
Winter 1989, pp. 53-68.
"Economics
in Literature and Drama," (with Robert F. Smith),
Journal of Economic Education, Summer 1989, pp. 291-307.
"The
Principles Courses Revisited," (with Gerald J.
Lynch), American Economic Review, May 1989, pp. 236-41.
Review
of Econometric Modeling in Economic Education Research,
W. Becker and W. Walstad, eds., Journal of Economic
Education, Spring 1989, pp. 223-27.
"A
Research and Evaluation Agenda for DEEP and Precollege
Economic Education," (with Judith S. Brenneke,
Robert Highsmith, John C. Soper, and William B. Walstad),
Journal of Economic Education, Winter 1988,
pp. 5-13.
"Survey
Data on Pre-College Scope-and-Sequence Issues in Economics,"
Journal of Economic Education, 18, Winter 1987,
pp. 71-91.
"Student
Gender and School District Differences Affecting the
Stock and Flow of Economic Knowledge," The Review
of Economics and Statistics, August 1987, pp. 561-66.
"Ideology,
Textbooks, and the Teaching of Economics," Theory
Into Practice, Summer 1987, pp. 190-97.
"Reviews
of Secondary [Economics] Textbooks," (editor and
contributor), Curriculum Review, 26, November/December
1986, pp. 24-28.
"Enduring
Constitutional Issues: The Economic Role of Government
and Coining Money," (with Robert Troyer), The
Senior Economist, Joint Council on Economic Education,
Fall 1986, pp. 10-12.
"Economic
Policy and the Lives of Contemplation, Civic Humanism,
Collectivism, and Individualism," International
Journal of Social Economics, 12, Number 6/7, 1985,
pp. 54-67.
"School
District Inputs and Biased Estimation of Educational
Production Functions," Journal of Economic
Education, 16, Fall 1985, pp. 281-85.
"A
Statewide Assessment of Pre-College Economic Understanding
and DEEP," Journal of Economic Education,
Summer 1985, pp. 225-37. See also the "Errata"
notice in the Fall 1985 issue of this journal.
"Teaching
Economics in the Schools: A Review of Survey Findings,"
(with William Walstad), Journal of Economic Education,
16, Spring 1985, pp. 135-46.
"A
Response to Romanish: Ideological Bias in Secondary
Economics Textbooks," (with William B. Walstad),
Theory and Research in Social Education, 11,
Winter 1984, pp. 25-35.
"Teaching
Economics? Use Classic Literature," (with
Robert F. Smith), Social Education, 47, January
1983, pp. 49-51.
"The
Non-Rational Domain and the Limits of Economic Analysis:
Comment," Southern Economic Journal, 47,
April 1981, pp. 1120-22. Excerpts reprinted
in Richard McKenzie, The Limits of Economic Science:
Essays on Methodology, Kluwer-Nejhoff Publishing,
1983.
"Economic
Education Is Working," Indiana School
Board Association Journal, 28, January-February
1982, pp. 13-14.
Review
of Economic Thought and Social Change, by J.
Ron Stanfield, Review of Social Economy, 39,
April 1981, pp. 94-97.
Review
of The Roots of Black Poverty: The Southern
Plantation Economy After the Civil War, by Jay Mandel,
Review of Social Economy, 39, April 1981, pp.
90-92.
"Money,
Banking and Economic Stabilization Polices," (with
John E. Silvia), Innovative Ideas in Introductory
Economics, 2, 1981, pp. 10-13.
Review
of After Industrial Society: The Emerging
Self-Service Economy, by Jonathan Gershuny, Review
of Social Economy, 37, October, 1979, pp. 245-46.
II. Books, Chapters in Edited Volumes, and Other
Publications
Teaching Economics: More Alternatives to Chalk and Talk,
co-editor (with Willam E. Becker
and Suzanne R. Becker), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006. Also
author of the chapter on “Team Term Papers and
Presentations.”
The
Literary Book of Economics: Economic Concepts, Issues, and
Themes in Literature and Drama,
ed., ISI Books, 2003. Reviewed in TheWall Street Journal
(by chief editorial writer William McGurn, 8/13/03), The
Boston Globe (by Jeff Jacoby, 8/21/03),
Library Journal (by Richard Drezen, Aug. 2003), the
Toronto Globe and Mail (by Harvey Schachter,
11/26/03), The Claremont Review (by Paul Cantor,
12/01/03), The Journal of Economic Literature,
September 2005 (by Jim Levinsohn), The Journal of Markets
and Morality (by Michael R. Stevens, Spring 2004), the
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Feb. 2004), The Lafayette
Journal and Courier (by Phillip Fiorini, June 2004), and
the Marginal Revolution BLOG published by George
Mason University’s Department of Economics (by Tyler Cowen,
10/03/03). Featured on a 50-minute segment of the
syndicated (200 stations) public radio program, On Point
(8/28/03) titled “Wordsmiths on Economics” (with host Tom
Ashbrook and Jack Beatty, Senior Editor at The Atlantic
magazine); and on the First Business syndicated (200
stations) television program (10/30/03). The Boston
Globe review was reprinted on Web pages for the
British Shakespeare Society (9/8/03), the International
Herald Tribune (8/26/03), the Star-Telegram
(9/1/03), the Berkshire Eagle (9/8/03), and the Von
Mises Institute “Economics BLOG” Web Page (9/8/03). Listed
in Barron’s “The Big Picture: Worth Perusing” section
(8/25/03), and The Heritage Foundation’s Insider
“Publications” section (Aug. 2003).
Focus:
Institutions and Markets, (editor and co-author,
with George Horwich, Don Leet, Sandra Odorzynski, Mary
Suiter, and Phil van Fossen), National Council on Economic
Education, 2003.
"An
ABI Recipient," Soundwaves, Froedtert Hospital
and Medical College of Wisconsin, Summer, 2003, p. 2.
The Wide World of Trade, (with Sarapage McCorkle,
Bonnie Meszaros, and Mary Suiter), National Council
on Economic Education, 2003.
"Reforming
Economics Teaching in the Transition Economies," Proceedings
of the 2002 Meetings of the Association of European
Economics Education in Aachen, Germany.
Reforming
Economics and Economics Teaching in the Transition Economies:
From Marx to Markets in the Classroom,
co-editor,
(with William B. Walstad); also co-author of chapters
on "The Academic Transition from Marxian to Market
Economics" and "Reforming Economics and Economics
Teaching in the Transition Economies: Agents of Change
and Future Challenges" (with William Walstad); "Attitudes
Towad Markets and Market Reforms in the Former Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe (with William Walstad and Alexander
Skiba); and "Economics Instruction in Belarus"
(with Alexadner Kovzik, Anatoli Kovalenko, and Mikhail
Chepikov), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002.
Focus:
High School Economics,
2nd ed., (editor and co-author, with Sarapage
McCorkle, Bonnie Meszaros, and Mark C. Schug Robert
F. Smith, and Robert J. Highsmith), National Council
on Economic Education, 2001. Editor and co-author
of the 1st edition in 1995 (with Sarapage
McCorkle, Bonnie Meszaros, Robert F. Smith, and Robert
J. Highsmith). Translated and published in Russian,
1998, and Ukrainian, 1999.
Focus:
Economic Systems (editor
and co-author, with Bonnie Meszaros, Sarapage McCorkle,
Sandra Odorzynski, Mark Schug, and George Horwich).
National Council on Economic Education, 2001.
Ukrainian translation, 2002.
"A
Research Agenda in Economic Education for the Transition
Economies," (with William Walstad). In
Effective Strategies in Economics and Business Education:
An International Perspective, David Lines, ed.,
Economics and Business Education Association, 2000.
The U.S. Economy
in Microsoft
Encarta 2000 (approximately 120 pages).
Teaching Economics
to Undergraduates: Alternatives to Chalk and Talk,
co-editor, (with William Becker); also author of the
chapter on "Using Literature and Drama to Teach
Undergraduate Economics Courses," and co-author
(with William Becker) of the chapter, "Teaching
Economics: What Was, Is, and Could Be." Edward
Elgar Publishing, 1998; paperback edition 1999.
Focus:
International Economics,
(with Gerald Lynch, Donald Wentworth, et al.), National
Council on Economic Education, 1998. Ukrainian
translation, 2000.
"The
Principles of Economics Textbook: A Content Review and
Suggestions on Classroom Usage," (with William
Walstad and William Bosshardt), in Teaching Undergraduate
Economics: A Handbook for Instructors, Phillip Saunders
and William Walstad, editors, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Inc.,
1998, pp. 185 - 205.
Voluntary
National Standards for K-12 Economic Education
(with John Siegfried, Bonnie Meszaros, Robert Smith,
Gary Walton, Don Wentworth, Jim Charkins, Robert Highsmith,
Donna McCreadie, and Nancy Hanlon), National Council
on Economic Education, 1997.
"Economic
Issues from the Perspective of Economists, Economic
Educators, Teachers, and Journalists," (with William
Becker and William Walstad), in Secondary Economics
and Business Education: New Developments
in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Other
Nations, William Walstad, editor, Economics and
Business Education Association, 1996, pp. 253-265.
"Investing
for Your Future," (editor and co-author, with Robert
F. Smith and Sharon Gordon), a computer simulation included
in Indiana Stock Market Game Advisor's Manual,
Indiana Council for Economic Education, 1995.
"Basic
Economic Concepts and Institutions Related to Saving,
Investing, Risk, the Stock Market, and Productivity,"
in Indiana Stock Market Game Advisor's Manual,
Indiana Council for Economic Education, 1995.
"Economists'
Ideological Conflicts and Consensus on Economic Issues,
and Their Implications for Economic Education,"
in An International Perspective on Economic Education,
William Walstad, editor, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
1994, pp. 47-64.
"A
Comparison of the Views of Economists, Economic Educators,
Teachers, and Journalists on Economic Issues,"
(with William E. Becker, Jr. and William Walstad), in
An International Perspective on Economic Education,
William Walstad, editor, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
1994, pp. 65-87.
"Moscow
Nights, and More.," Krannert Portfolio, Spring
1994, pp. 29-32.
An
Introduction to Microeconomics,
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., 1992.
What is a Market
Economy?
U.S. Information Agency, 1992 (translated and published
in over 40 languages). [add website]
"The
Cases Against Economic Education," in An Economy
at Risk: Does Anyone Care? Judith Staley Brenneke,
editor, Georgia State University Press, 1992, pp. 105‑30.
"Let's
Get Cents-able," a teacher's guide for an economic
play developed by the Indianapolis Civic Theater, 1992.
"Research
on DEEP: The First 25 Years," in Effective
Economic Education in the Schools, John C. Soper
and William B. Walstad, editors, National Education
Association/Joint Council on Economic Education, 1991,
pp. 81-98.
"Made
in Lafayette: A Data Base and Instructional Materials
on the Greater Lafayette Economy, " (editor and
contributor), Purdue Center for Economic Education,
1991.
Economics on Wall
Street, (editor
and contributor), Indiana Council for Economic Education,
1990.
"The
Principles of Economics Textbook: History and
Content," (with William Walstad), in The Principles
of Economics Course: A Handbook for Instructors,
Phillip Saunders and W. Walstad, editors, McGraw-Hill,
Inc. 1990, pp. 141-60.
"The
Fortune 500 and 'Obscene' Profits," Focus on
Economic Issues series, Purdue University Center
for Economic Education, Spring 1989.
Economics:
What and When? Scope and Sequence Guidelines,
in the Master Curriculum Guide in Economics series,
(with June V. Gilliard, Chair; Jean Caldwell; Bruce
R. Dalgaard; Robert J. Highsmith and Robert Reinke,
and contributions by Don R. Leet; Marguerite G. Malone
and Lucien Ellington), Joint Council on Economic Education,
1988.
The
American Economic System
(with Robert F. Smith and Vivian D. Hogan), 1987, 1984,
1981, Laidlaw Brothers of Macmillan, Inc.
Test Bank II
and Instructor's Manual to accompany Campbell
R. McConnell's Economics, 10th ed., (with William
B. Walstad, Robert F. Smith and Campbell R. McConnell),
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987.
"Diminishing
Marginal Utility and Saturation Points," in Great
Ideas for Teaching Economics, 3rd ed., Ralph T.
Burns and Gerald W. Stone, eds. Scott, Foresman and
Co., 1987, 1984, p. 226, 108.
"Empirical
Evidence on Economic Literacy in the Schools,"
and "Comments on Measuring Economic Attitudes,"
in Economics Education: Research and Development
Issues, Steve Hodkinson and David Whitehead, eds.,
Longman Group, Ltd, 1986, pp. 196-15 and 107-09.
"Economics
Instruction in Our Schools," (with William B. Walstad),
The Balance Sheet, 66, March/April 1985, pp. 11-14.
"The
Current Status of Economics in the K-12 Curriculum,"
(with William B. Walstad), in Economics in the School
Curriculum, Mark C. Schug, ed., National Education
Association, 1985, pp. 8-20.
A
Guide to Tax Whys: Understanding Taxes,
Internal Revenue Service/Agency for Instructional Technology/Joint
Council on Economic Education, 1984.
A Workshop Leader's
Handbook to Accompany Tax Whys: Understanding
Taxes, (with
Stephen Buckles and Vera Freeman), Internal Revenue
Service/Agency for Instructional Technology/Joint Council
on Economic Education., 1984.
Student Activity
Sheets To Accompany the People on Market Street Film
Series, (editor
and contributor), Indiana Council for Economic Education
in cooperation with the Pacific Academy of Advanced
Studies, June 1984.
"Investing
For Your Future: A Simulation on Economic Forces
and the Stock Market," (with Robert F. Smith),
Louisiana Council on Economic Education, 1982.
"Reaganomics,
A New Look in New Frontiers," The Purdue Alumnus,
69, October 1981, pp. 5-7, 38.
"How
Indianapolis Teachers Rate the Trade-Offs Film Series,"
reported in Jim Shea, What the Research Is Saying,
Agency for Instructional Television Research Report
82 (published with the Joint Council on Economic Education
and the Canadian Foundation on Economic Education),
1980, pp. 7-9.
Economics in Literature
and Drama,
(with Robert F. Smith), LSU Program in Economic Education,
Fall 1980.
"Supply-Side
Economics," (with Robert F. Smith), Random House,
Inc., 1980, 21 pages.
"American
Enterprise Teaching Notes," (with Robert F. Smith),
Vol. 1, No. 3, January-February 1978, 16 pages.
Free Enterprise and
the American Economy,
(with Robert F. Smith), LSU Program in Economic Education,
1977.
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