Teaching investments to high school students : a departmental honors project (HONRS 499)

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to help high school students learn more about investments. This project was developed throughout eight weeks of class. There are several components of this project. The first was to study the three chapters in the textbook. After this overview of different types of investments, the class began a practice simulation entitled "The Stock Market: An Investment Simulation," published by South-Western Publishing Company.Throughout the weeks of the practice simulation, the students took part in other activities. They were given a pretest and a posttest over the simulation, followed The New York Stock Exchange stock and NASDAQ stock in the Wall Street Journal, and go on a field trip to 'Chicago, Illinois. The field trip consisted of visiting The Chicago Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Federal Reserve Bank.In addition to evaluating student progress, I also evaluated myself. Each week I evaluated my lesson plan* and determined what changes needed to be made to make the lessons more successful.