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Barreto, Humberto – Journal of Economic Education, 2015
This article is not the usual Excel pedagogy fare in that it does not provide an application or example taught via a spreadsheet. Instead, it briefly reviews the history of spreadsheets in the economics classroom and explores the current environment, with an emphasis on modern learning theory. The conclusion is not surprising: spreadsheets improve…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Computer Software, Economics Education, Educational History
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Strulik, Holger – Journal of Economic Education, 2004
Simple problems of discrete-time optimal control can be solved using a standard spreadsheet software. The employed-solution method of backward iteration is intuitively understandable, does not require any programming skills, and is easy to implement so that it is suitable for classroom exercises with rational-expectations models. The author…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Economic Progress, Economic Climate, Computer Software
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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