Calculus and the Teaching of Intermediate Microeconomics: Results from a North American Survey

Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: Volume 29, No. 3

Issue: Summer 1998

Pages: 277-284

Author(s): Peter von Allmen (Moravian College) and George Brower (Moravian College)

Address (Principal Author):Peter von Allmen, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Moravian College, 1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018-6650, 610-861-1413, fax: 610-861-3980

Internet Address (Principal Author):vonallmP@moravian.edu

Title: Calculus and the Teaching of Intermediate Microeconomics: Results from a North American Survey

Abstract: This study finds that in the teaching of intermediate microeconomics most schools require at least one semester of calculus, and use calculus techniques at least occasionally, but at many schools students are not held responsible for calculus knowledge on exams.