Looking to spice up the way you quiz your students? Try using Kahoot! to teach economics.
Polls and a few questions on the economics of gambling
This Kahoot! is publicly available thanks to Geoff Riley.
Course Used: Microeconomics or Labor Economics (UK based)
Quiz Nature: Content Preview
Question Length: 20
Estimated Time to Play: 20-25 minutes with explanation.
A short quiz on a selection of key ideas in behavioural economics
This Kahoot! is publicly available thanks to Geoff Riley.
Course Used: Microeconomics
Quiz Nature: Content Review
Question Length: 13
Estimated Time to Play: 20 minutes with explanation.
The Kahoot provides eight end-of-chapter questions on consumer choice.
This Kahoot! is not publicly available because the author uses it as an assessment. Please request access and they will share it privately.
Course Used: Principles of Micro
Quiz Nature: Exam Review
Question Length: 8
Estimated Time to Play: 15 minutes with explanation.
The Kahoot replicates the Allais Paradox. Maurice Allais received the Nobel Prize in Economics for demonstrating that income was a key determinant of risk preference. Before Allais economists assumed that people were either risk averse, risk neutral of risk takers and that their preferences did not change. It is our experience that 20-30 percent of your students will choose gambles 1 and B (just like Allais’ subject did over 30 years ago).
Course Used: Principles of Micro
Quiz Nature: Discussion Starter
Question Length: 1
Estimated Time to Play: 5 minutes.
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This poll question is a great way to begin a discussion on the deadweight loss of gift giving (Waldfogel, 1993). After surveying your class with this Kahoot play a short video from Adam Ruins Everything:
Ask your students if they think gift giving really creates deadweight loss or did Waldfogel’s analysis miss any crucial valuations.
Course Used: Principles of Micro
Quiz Nature: Discussion starter
Question Length: 1
Estimated Time to Play: Anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes depending on how much follow-up is needed.
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This Kahoot was used as a review for ECON 3 at the University of California at San Diego. The review equally covers consumer theory, behavioral economics and elasticity.
Course Used: Principles of Micro
Quiz Nature: Exam Review
Question Length: 12 Questions
Estimated Time to Play: 20-25 minutes
Economics is a Kahoot! 