Summary: Zen master offers advice--lie.
Try this to improve your lectures in AP Macroeconomics.
The focus at my school is on instructional improvement. One area that we are trying to focus on is moving to a level of rigor and relevance. This involves having students use higher order thinking skills, HOTS. Using strategies that requires students to evaluate information is rigor in the Rigor-Relevance Model. I have found that asking higher order questions in daily conversations makes you more interesting and vibrant to be around. Let me end with this question:
Given the disaster in Haiti, compare how classical and Keynesian economists will view the recovery.
About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author.
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Have thoughts about this post? Want to share your comments about Teaching AP Economics? This is your chance.