LCD eWriters

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-Social Studies classroom applications
-boosting performance on A.P. Economics FRQ

About me:
26 yrs. experience
20 yrs. A.P. Economics

The Case for eWriters

Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

(FRQ Group Mean vs Global Mean)

Macro
Micro
-1.6
+1.4
-1.8
-1.4
+1.0
-0.4
+2.0
+2.5
+2.3
+2.5
+3.4
+4.0
+1.8
+3.2

Which region of Ohio are you

from?
NE (northeast)
NW (northwest)
C (central)
SE (southeast)
SW (southwest)

What is your educational role?

HT (high school teacher)
MT (middle school teacher)
ET (elementary teacher)
A (administrator)
PS (pupil support)

Do you teach economics?

Y (yes)
N (no)

O-H

I-O

Cornflake Mkt
Price
S

P0

Q0

Quantity

Demand Shocks
Preferences
Related by Use goods
Income
Market size
Expectations -future income/price

What happens in the cornflake

market when
1. Research shows eating cornflakes
prevents baldness
2. Puffed rice rises in price
3. Consumer incomes fall and
cornflakes are an inferior good

Cornflake Mkt
Price
S

P1
P0

D1

Positive
Demand
Shock

Q0

Q1

Quantity

What happens in the cornflake

market when
1. Consumer income falls and
cornflakes are a normal good
2. Consumers see an increase in the
price of milk
3. Consumers expect cornflakes to go
on sale next week

Cornflake Mkt
Price
S

P0

P1

Negative
Demand
Shock

D
D1
Q1

Q0

Quantity

Supply Shocks
Competition
Other goods related by inputs
Resource prices
Subsidies & taxes
Expectations -future price
Technology

What happens in the cornflake

market when
1. The price of corn falls
2. A new food company starts selling
cornflakes
3. The government subsidizes
cornflake producers

Cornflake Mkt
Price
S

S1

P0
P1

Positive
Supply
Shock

Q0

Q1

Quantity

What happens in the cornflake

market when
1. The price of ethanol rises
2. Drought causes the price of corn
rise
3. New corn hybrids are developed
that produce 20% more corn per acre

Cornflake Mkt
Price

S1
S

P1
P0

Negative
Supply
Shock

Q1

Q0

Quantity

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