The Impact of Microeconomics: The Puzzle Game on Student Evaluations

摘要

The use of supplements in academic classrooms is widespread. This paper is different in that it tests whether or not course and instructor evaluations improve as a result of the use of a new supplement, Microeconomics: The Puzzle Game (Lipscomb and Ostapski 2008), which utilizes crossword puzzles as tools to reinforce basic economic concepts. More importantly, this paper suggests that regression at the mean does not provide the full picture with respect to the impact of the use of supplemental materials on course and instructor evaluations.