1. Shida Henneberry, Regents Professor Dave Shideler, Assistant Professor Oklahoma State University AAEA Meetings, July 2011

2.  Environment and Passion ◦ My Example: I watched a rural community become suburbanized; and for many, the change was a nightmare  Effective teachers bring out the passion for the subject in their students.

3.  Students learn best when they can relate to what is taught  “I can now look at world problems and tell the fundamental underlying the events.” – A comment made by a student in Shida Henneberry’s international trade course.

4.  Require students to write a term paper on a global issue of their choice.  Provide topic examples, while encouraging students to choose an area that they are passionate about.  The instructor guides the students- but ultimately the students choose the project topic that they are passionate about.

5.  Ask students to give the meaning of the mathematical concepts, such as partial derivatives, in words.  Create assignments that involve analyzing real life issues.  Discuss real life scenarios  Use media examples in class

6.  Students learn by practicing and receiving feedback  Keep a continual dialog with each student through the homework assignments, tests, and the term paper.

7.  Assign homework that get progressively more rigorous throughout the semester.  Not only testing rigorous theoretical knowledge, but also applications.  Provoke and challenge students - students analyze and provide policy implications, using the fundamentals that have been covered in class.

8.  Shida’s personal goal for a class: if, by the end of the semester, students can explain the mathematical and economic concepts and their usefulness in words understandable by the general public.  Students choose to write their entire term paper on one of the homework assignments.

9.  An Art more than a Science ◦ Analyzing behavior  Active, not Passive  Continuous and not Segmented ◦ Re-design of Instruction and Research Methods

10.  Students tell you that they actually connected to what you taught “ Your class was hard, but it taught us how to think, gave meaning to models, and developed our passion for publishing.” A quote from a former student.