Can We Experiment Our Way to Better Teaching?

We’re joined by Doug McKee to talk about how economists can use assessments and experiments to improve teaching and learning. Doug explains how learning assessments can reveal what students actually understand, not just how they feel about a course. We also discuss the Economic Education Network for Experiments (EENE) and why large, multi-institution studies matter for credibility. Our conversation highlights how economics classrooms can double as powerful research labs for understanding learning itself.

In this episode, we talk about:

* Doug’s path into economics teaching and education research

* Why student learning assessments matt...