| Campus: | University of Hawaii at Manoa | Course: | ECON 460 - International Trade & Welfare |
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| Department: | Economics | Crn (Section): | 76574 (001) |
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3. The instructor demonstrated knowledge of course content.
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4. The instructor fulfilled the goals of the course.
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5. The instructor communicated effectively.
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6. I gained a good understanding of concepts/principles in this field.
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Everything done in the course was valuable.
Lecture notes provided good information.
It was a very consistent pace and there were incentives for a student to
master the subjects and go above and beyond.
His lecture is so knowledgeable and helpful for me to understand concepts.
Welfare concepts.
I think the printed lecture notes were really well done. The fact that you
still had to go to class to get them, but it wasn't so much where the student
is overwhelmed, is something I haven't experienced in a class before this.
His lecture is easy to understand.
Lectures
Problem sets, lectures
Learning about the different policy's of trade and whether it makes countries
better or worse off.
Lecture methods which included follow-along handouts with key terms left blank. I found this really
helped me to stay involved with the lecture and to add extra notes. Helped me to master the
material.
Powerpoints used interactively (filling in certain words on slides)and
problem sets helped to aid learning.
The handouts were good. It was good that he prints them out for everyone and has you attend class to fill in the blanks regarding what he is lecturing.
Studying international trade models.
all of them
Looking at real world situations
Reviews of the problem sets were the most important aspect in learning the material for me. I also liked the handouts instead of textbook approach.
Professor Karacaovali's explanations of difficult concepts in a way that made
it easy for me to understand was very valuable. He knew how to break down
the concepts.
Also, Professor Karacaovali is very encouraging to his students and
personable. He was always available to help.
The comparisons between trade barriers, tariffs, and subsidies. Of course, all other aspects are and
have to be presented before these topics in order to understand the diagnostics thereof, therefore
making everything exceptionally valuable.
learning about trade and welfare
learning about international economies and how the trade.
homeworks and quizes
He really encourage students to study and archive their Academic goal through
this class
everything
Video, PPT, Quizs and Homeworks
The detailed explanations and real life examples given to help us to better understand the
concepts presented.
Problem sets and review them very well after graded
The lectures.
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8. Which aspects of the course were least valuable? |
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The two-three week long review session at the beginning of the class.
Nothing was unliked. Everything was interesting and taught me something.
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None.
Nothing.
It seems like this was a very dilute version of the course. A bit of calculus could have been used to
consider more interesting trade cases. All the graphs were linear and perhaps not very realistic.
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His pronunciation is hard to listen a little bit.
Nothing
None
A little bit of the history, but history is always good to know and I'm
biased since I don't like history.
Nothing in particular - a couple instances of un-organization but that was about it (quite minor).
More opportunities for extra credit since there are only 2 exams.
The attendance sheet. At the beginning of the semester it was made clear that attendance wasn't apart of the grade. However, almost daily he would pass around an attendance sheet. It has nothing to do with the class but just very cryptic regarding grades.
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i think that they where all valuable
The movie Battle in Seattle and the mockumentary about disappearing Mexicans were not really valuable. While they were a good break from continuous lectures, I think news clips of the situations might have been better.
Nothing really. Everything was presented appropriately and in accordance to the topic and course.
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none
notes were hard
None
None
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The homeworks.
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9. The instructor was able to explain concepts clearly and effectively.
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10. The instructor is willing to meet and help students outside class.
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11. The instructor was well organized and prepared for each session.
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12. Global appraisal: Considering everything how would you rate this INSTRUCTOR?
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13. The instructor was fair in grading and criteria of grades.
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Excellent teacher, but as stated earlier, the review session at the beginning of the semester should be scaled back a little. At the end of the semester we dropped a section, that could have replaced some of the classes of review.
Was a great professor and was very effective at teaching his students and
instructing them.
Great professor.
Would take another class.
Early in the semester we took too long to get through the review material, and it crunched the amount of time we had for the more interesting and challenging content.
I felt the course was slightly watered down. While I didn't fully ace the
first midterm and with the final pending, it's hard for me to say much, but I
felt that it could have been much more in-depth. Given the typical
department's student, I suppose its OK, but perhaps have optional more
difficult problems (original or from the book) available. Other than that,
it was a very great class and I learned a lot. Thank you for the great
semester!
I like his class and I want to take his other class again.
I would love to take more classes from Professor Karacaovali!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TEACHING!
Good teacher and knowledgeable about trade economics
Excellent professor. Very knowledgeable and moves at a pace that is suitable for students.
I would not hesitate to take another class from him again.
Great, fair class. I would definitely take another class with Professor Karacaovali.
Sincerely, Troy Thompson
I enjoyed this class. I think that the quizzes and homeworks were graded fairly. The only thing I would make more clear is the policy on attendance and how that affects your grade.
really liked this class!
The course was simply too simple and slow-paced for a 400 level class. I would have liked the class much better if the the lectures had been less redundant and if we had spent less time on simple concepts like consumer/producer surplus.
Good professor who knows his material and who knows when students might need a break from lecture.
Dr. Karacaovalli integrates relevant examples from outside the field (tv, movies, etc) to help cement concepts and break up the monotony of straight lecturing... He is always available for additional support and is clearly highly knowledgeable about his specialty... Does an excellent job of relating complex concepts and models and making them more accessible...
Amazing individual and thorough with his teachings. Very generous, and very knowledgeable.
Would recommend to take him!
great teacher!
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professor k is my favorite teacher
he's the best :)
he is very clear
I've learned about trade and welfare very well from handouts and problem sets.
I am willing to take more Econ classes from Mr. Karacaovali!
Best Econ instructor ever!!
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