LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE LEARNING OUTCOMES WITH AN INTERACTIVE FEDERAL BUDGET EXERCISE

Evangeline Marlos Varonis
The University of Akron
USA

Through a U.S. Department of Education grant, The University of Akron developed electronic delivery methods for an interactive federal budget exercise previously administered only face to face. Research on university and high school populations demonstrates that:
• Participation significantly increases knowledge of and interest in the federal budgeting process.
• Participation through an electronic delivery method results in significantly greater engagement with the content itself.

This paper describes the research process and outcomes and notes how project results align with the call for challenge-based methods in student learning.

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