UPDATING THE ENGINEERING ECONOMY AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT LECTURE HALL

摘要

Surveys of engineering economy faculty and the contents of the field's texts indicate that tables plus scientific calculators (and spreadsheets for homework and cases) represent typical classroom practice. This paper discusses why we should require students to use a financial calculator; as many finance classes do.We believe that student response units (clickers) are a second update to typical practice that merits widespread adoption. It seems that clicker technology is only slowly penetrating academia, even while financial pressures are forcing more and more classes into large lecture formats. The ability to capture immediate feedback to both the students and the professor supports more student engagement and understanding, and it allows the professor to clarify as needed rather than assuming or guessing at what students understand.Finally we suggest that it is time to shift students and teaching away from individually oriented software to free versions that support more collaborative approaches.