Peer Review

Unemployment

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Reviewed:: Nov 22, 2022 by Business

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Overview:

In this video (7 minutes long) student will learn what unemployment is, how it is measured and the different types of employment that exist. This video will help with mastery of standard EPF. 5(b) and review of standards EPF. 2(g).

Type of Material:

Tutorial

Recommended Uses:

In class
Assigned viewing at home

Technical Requirements:

Chrome, Firefox

Identify Major Learning Goals:

Define unemployment
Describe how unemployment is measured
Describe the different types of employment and unemployment

Target Student Population:

Entry-level economics students
Entry-level business students
High school students in business class

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Basic math - division; to calculate percentages

Content Quality

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Strengths:

The content in this video is complete
Material is appropriate for the information about unemployent.
Self-contained video that can be used as reference material and/or preparation for assessments

Concerns:

None

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

Material has great potential to increase student learning.
Promotes conceptualunderstanding.
Video explains the complexity of calculating the unemployment rate, and clarifies differences in metrics of participation in the labor force.
A helpful transcript is provided.

Concerns:

Prerequisites are not explicitly stated, although it is not evident that any are needed.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

Video is very professional in appearance, has clear graphics, uses names and occupations that are not stereotypical.
Efforts to be inclusive are evident in the appearance of the animated characters.
Easy to access and view.
Site is clear and consistent with most video sites.

Other Issues and Comments:: Great visual teaching tool.
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