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A Lesson Extension Idea: Use A Q&A Forum To Engage Your Personal Finance...
What better way to assess whether students have learned a concept or not…have them participate in an online Q&A Forum. I came across one today called the Personal Finance and Money Stack Exchange....
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Power of Storytelling: A Savings Story
We all know the power of a good story. For a great example of this, check out Steve Jobs Commencement Address at Stanford back in 2005. I bet those stories he tells will stick with you for a while....
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Insights from Personal Finance Teachers
Combing through news stories from 2014 to capture thoughts and activities that personal finance educators are using in the classroom: Clayton Valley Charter High School (California), Gary Stofer The...
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Teaching Strategy: Everyone A Personal Finance Advice Columnist
Seeing this Time article soliciting advice from readers on a personal finance question made me think of a way to assess what students have learned at the end of a lesson or unit. Here is the key part...
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The Great Debate: Is There A Student Loan Bubble?
Here’s a great way to develop your student’s critical thinking skills and teach them about the student loan issue in the process. Google “student loan bubble” and you get over 700,000 results. With...
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Activity: Creating an Emergency Savings Account
Hat tip to Brian Page for pointing out this set of financial calculators at myFICO. The webpage provides financial calculators on credit cards, mortgage, new home purchase, home refinance, home...
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What Makes a Great Business Teacher?
This Inside Higher Ed headline caught my attention recently because as a teacher I am always interested in getting insights from students about what they value from a teacher. Also, since we support...
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How Can We Teach Our Children/Students to Be Financially Adept?
According to a summary of available research, the answer is to teach them MATH (from WSJ): We focus on teaching finance in school when regular math is much more effective at helping children manage...
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Question: Can You Estimate Your Credit Score?
This is a good hands-on activity that students can complete to see how various inputs impact their credit score. We all have seen the pie chart that lists the main factors that determine your credit...
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Take this Quiz…
This was one of the better personal finance quizzes that I have seen out there…Why? Comprehensive: It has 30 questions covering a range of topics Numeracy: It has several questions that require some...
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