I agree that it can be hard writing good application exercises. But, one set of hints can be found here at "3 Tips for Great Question Writing," http://teach.com/great-educational-resources/teaching-question-writing . While this is written for clicker questions, I'm pretty sure that many of the general principles apply to AEs. In particular, I was impressed with the references to Willingham and Pink as well as the various concepts the author discusses like working memory and transfer. - Bill Dan said: > I don't have suggestions, but have a comment I'd like to share with the > whole list, because no one told me, and others might benefit from hearing > this. Designing genuinely good team assignments is *seriously* hard. Way > harder than anything I found on the TBL website would lead you to believe. > I say this only because under-appreciating this lead to a rather shocking > first outing for me. Caveat Doctor. > > Dan Acland. > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:56 PM, James Latham <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I will be using TBL for the first time in my microeconomics course this > > Spring. Designing activities that are effective with this approach is my > > biggest concern. I would love any advice on TBL activities specifically for > > Econ. I would greatly appreciate any activities that have worked great & > > any info on what NOT to use. > > > > If you have any suggestions please reply to me directly and not the list > > serve. Thank you, > > > > Michael Latham > > > > > > > > James "Michael" Latham, Ph.D. > > Professor of Economics > > Business & Computer Systems > > Collin College - Spring Creek Campus > > SCC J228 > > 972.578.5514 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > -- Bill Goffe Senior Lecturer Department of Economics Penn State University 304 Kern Building University Park, PA 16802 814-867-3299 [log in to unmask] http://cook.rfe.org/