Foreword / William J. Baumol. 1. Teaching Economics: What Was, Is, and Could Be / William E. Becker and Michael Watts -- Active and Cooperative Learning. 2. Making Cooperative Learning Work in Economics Classes / Robin L. Bartlett. 3. Gender and Active Learning / Maureen J. Lage and Michael Treglia. 4. Student Decision Making as Active Learning: Experimental Economics in the Classroom / Charles Noussair and James Walker -- Writing, the Internet, and Discovery Through Sampling. 5. Integrating the Practice of Writing into Economics Instruction / W. Lee Hansen. 6. Using the Internet and Computer Technology to Teach Economics / Kim Sosin. 7. Using Monte Carlo Studies for Teaching Econometrics / Peter Kennedy -- Examples from the World Around Us. 8. Using Sports to Teach Economics / John J. Siegfried and Allen R. Sanderson. 9. Using Literature and Drama in Undergraduate Economics Courses / Michael Watts. 10. Acceptance Speeches by the Nobel Laureates in Economics / William J. Zahka.

11. Using Cases as an Effective Active Learning Technique / Stephen Buckles. 12. Engaging Students in Quantitative Analysis with the Academic and Popular Press / William E. Becker.