Abstract: The author presents Web-based surveying as a valuable tool for achieving quality undergraduate research in upper-level economics courses. Web-based surveys can be employed in efforts to integrate undergraduate research into the curriculum without overburdening students or faculty. The author discusses the value of undergraduate research, notes some of the challenges to achieving substantive undergraduate research, and describes the use of Web-based surveys in an environmental issues in public policy course.
Keywords: environmental economics, pedagogy, undergraduate research JEL code: A22
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Creating new knowledge through research is perhaps the ...