The Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

Teaching Briefs

Billington, Peter J., "A Classroom Exercise to Illustrate Lean Manufacturing Pull Concepts"

Burton, Suzan.  "Not Another Stats Course!... A Problem Based Quantitative Methods Course for (Reluctant) Doctoral Students."

Campbell, Gerard M., "Using Game Theory to Introduce Ethics in Decision Sciences"

Cox, James F. III and Walker, Edward II, "Using a Socratic Game to Introduce Basic Line Design and Planning and Control Concepts"

Cox, Pamela  L. and Bobrowski, Paula E. "Critical Thinking Exercise: Causes of Premature Death in America."

Craighead, Christopher W., "Right on Target for Time Series Forecasting"

Fish, Lynn A., "Teaching Assembly Line Balancing: A Mini-Demonstration with Duplos, or 'The Running of the Dogs'"

Foster, S. Thomas, Jr., "FreeQuality: Using Service Learning to Motivate Student Learning"

Gattiker, Thomas F., "P-Chart SPC Card Game:  The Case of the New Supplier."

Gill, T. Grandon, "A Protocol for Online Case Discussions"

Gill, T. Grandon, "Engaging Introductory Programming Students with CGI"

Grasman, Scott E. and Saygin, Can, "Computer-Simulated Enterprise Management Educational Environment"

Hames, David S., "Negotiating the Final Examination"

Hardaway, Donald E. and Scamell, Richard W., "A Course Design That Features a Constructivist Approach to Teaching Introduction to Information Technology"

Holtom, Brooks C., Mickel, Amy and Boggs, James C., "Using Interactive Drama to Teach the Complexities of Decision Making."

Johnson, Arvid C. and Drougas, Anne M., "Illustrating Type I and Type II Errors via Spreadsheet Simulation in the Business Statistics Course"

Kenworthy-U'Ren, Amy.  "MBA Students and Corporate Citizenship: Incorporating Industry-Specific Service-Learning Projects into the Curriculum."  School of Business."  

Kopelman, Richard E. and Davis, Anne L., "A Demonstration of the Anchoring Effect"

Kuo, Ching-Chung and White, Richard E., "A Note on the Treatment of the Center-or-Gravity Method in Operations Management Textbooks"

Krehbiel, Timothy C., "Correlation Coefficient Rule of Thumb"

Malleby, Douglas W. and Malleby, Michael L. "Use of Brief Collaborative Quizzes on New Quantitative Lecture Material." 

McMullen, Patrick R., "Using Correlation Matrices and Optimization to add Practical Functionality to Spreadsheet Simulation for MBA-Level Quantitative Analysis Courses"

Osborne, J. David, "Converting Data to Information for Case Study Analysis"

Paxton, John, "A Short, Simple Learning Curve Classroom Exercise."

Pearson, Michael M. and Mundell, Lee, "Spreadsheet Modeling of Spatial Problems for the Classroom."   

Peterson, Tim O. and Williams, Joann K., "So What Does Dance Have to do with It?  Using Dance to Teach Students About Leadership?"

Ramesh, V. and Wu, Ji-Tsung Ben, "An Approach to Teaching Object-Oriented Programming Concepts in Business Schools"

Shannon, Patrick W. and Fry, Phillip C., "Improving Throughput, Reducing Lead Time and Managing Constraints" A Computer Simulation-Based Exercise"

Strasser, Sandra E.  "Will This Be on the Exam? or How to Get Students to Study More."  

Todd, John and Vickers, Ken, "Developing High-Tech Entrepreneurs: A Multidisciplinary Strategy"

Umble, Michael and Umble, Elisabeth, "Using Active Learning to Transform the Monte Hall Problem into an Invaluable Classroom Exercise"

Walker, Edward D. II, "Introducing Project Management Concepts Using a Jewelry Store Robbery"

Wright, Christine M. and Smith, Michael E.  " Serving Up the Red Beads Experience".