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Deal, John; Hegde, S. Aaron – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This paper presents an innovative teaching technique, the utilization of a popular sitcom to teach an introductory economics course. Using clips from the television show "Seinfeld," instructors can present the oft-perceived difficult, yet basic, economic concepts in an amenable manner, which also enables the achieving of higher levels of…
Descriptors: Classification, Introductory Courses, Economics Education, Television
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Wolff, Krister; Wahde, Mattias – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
In this paper, we summarize our experiences from teaching a course in humanoid robotics at Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden. We describe the robotic platform used in the course and we propose the use of a custom-built robot consisting of standard electronic and mechanical components. In our experience, by using standard…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Robotics, Science Instruction, Theory Practice Relationship