Abstract:
This paper presents some research results on the efficiency of a teaching technique (TIPS) I have used in the Principles of Economics course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My presentation will be extremely selective; only the results of five out of some ten different output measures are reported. I shall argue TIPS represents an improvement over the commonly employed lecture-discussion classroom technology. The model I use to evaluate the efficiency of TIPS is broader than that usually used in educational research, since it takes into account not only the toal magnitude of the benefits and costs, but also thier distribution.
