Who Wants an iPad? An Exercise in Rationing

David L. Carr; Michael Allgrunn; Kathryn Birkeland

Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 15, No. 1 (2018) pp. 1–4

This active learning exercise demonstrates the fundamental problem in economics that resources are scarce, while wants are relatively infinite. Students are exposed to four mechanisms for rationing scare resources: markets, queue, coupons, and...

Targeted Instructional Staff Development Project: An Evaluation

Rosemary J. Mullick; Deborah Y. Bauder; Ron Sarner; David L. Carr

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 692–697

The goal of the professional development project was to facilitate the integration of instructional technology in the classroom. Twenty-five teachers in grades 3-5, from 9 different schools, participated. The project consisted of four workshop ...

Topics: Mathematics, Professional Development, Standards, Instructional Materials, English Language Arts