Economics and the Classroom Conference
Department of Economics at Idaho State University and Addison-Wesley Publishers announce Call for Presentations and Papers for the Eighth Annual Economics and the Classroom Conference
Treasure Mountain Inn
Park City, Utah
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2006
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Conference Schedule
You are invited to submit a proposal for the presentation of a paper or workshop. Presentations should address an issue germane to the teaching of economic concepts. Possible presentation topics include, but are not limited to, experiments for the classroom, pedagogical issues, active learning, course content concerns, using PCs in the classroom, teaching evaluation and assessment, fostering the economics major, and research addressing student performance.
Given the wide range of disciplines with economic foundations, such as finance and political science, we encourage those teaching in these fields to present papers at this conference so that more of the issues concerning teaching economic concepts are represented.
Submission Information: Please send a 300 - 500 word summary of your presentation. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2006.
Registration Information: The conference registration fee is $275 before July 10th and $300 afterwards. Registration is limited to 100 participants. The registration fee covers all conference materials, refreshments, and the following meals: Thursday's lunch and dinner, and Friday and Saturday's breakfast and lunch.
Contact Person: Tesa Stegner, Idaho State
University, Campus Box 8053, Pocatello, ID 83209-8053, (208) 282-2346,
Fax (208)
282-3186
E-mail: stegtesa@isu.edu
Get the Conference Registration Form here (pdf)
Registration Fee -- The conference registration fee
is $275 before July 10th, and $300 afterwards. Send your conference
registration form and payment to Dr. Tesa Stegner, Department of
Economics, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8053, Pocatello, ID
83209-8053. Please make checks payable to Economics Conference-Idaho
State University.
Conference Hotel -- Treasure Mountain Inn
1-800-344-2460. Reservations should be made directly with the
Inn's reservation department. We will be charged for unused
reserved rooms. Please specify that you are attending the
Economics and the Classroom Conference when making your
reservation. Rooms are being held for this conference, but
reservations must be made no later than August 1, 2006. Room
rates range from $100 for a studio to $115 for a one bedroom suite plus
10.35% tax per night for single or double occupancy.
Transportation -- Air service is
available to Salt Lake City, Utah. Park City Transportation
offers a shared ride shuttle service from Salt Lake City Airport to the
Inn for $64 roundtrip -- reservations can be made through Treasure
Mountain Inn. Car rentals are also available at the airport.
Optional Social Event -- Optional social outings will be organized
for Saturday after the conference. This outing will tie in with
the Utah Olympic Park. Additional information will be provided at
a later date.
Cancellation Policy -- The sponsors will make every effort to adhere to the program listed, but conference presenters may be substituted without prior notice. We reserve the right to cancel this conference without any further financial responsibility to registrants by giving written notice of not less than 30 days prior to the conference dates and refunding all registration fees. The registration fee of a participant will be refunded if written notice of his/her intent to cancel is received by July 30, 2006.