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Porter, Tod S.; Riley, Teresa M. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Compares academic performance between two groups of students in a statistics course. One group was given homework generated by computer software that provided feedback concerning incorrect answers. The other relied on the textbook without benefit of the feedback. The group using the software performed better on homework and tests. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content

Hallberg, M. C. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Describes a computer software program that allows students, working independently and interactively with the computer, to select alternative market conditions and/or policies and view the results numerically as well as graphically. Discusses options and models provided by the software as well as classroom applications. (MJP)
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software

Whitmarsh, David – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Maintains that computer-assisted instruction built around a spreadsheet-based model can illustrate and simplify some of the more difficult concepts concerning economics and fisheries. Describes a software program that illustrates overcapitalization, asset fixity, resource rent capture, economic optimum, and sustainable yield. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Capital, Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction

Li, Elton; Stoecker, Arthur – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Describes a computer software program where students define alternative policy sets and compare their effects on the welfare of consumers, producers, and the public sector. Policy sets may be a single tax or quota or a mix of taxes, subsidies, and/or price supports implemented in the marketing chain. (MJP)
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software