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All of these opportunities to share applications of course concepts found in current events count
towards the participation grade. Call on two people at the beginning of class, with a penalty
allocated to non-performers. If there is time at the close of class, open up new discussion for
volunteers.
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
1. Students find the definitions in this chapter helpful. Stress that building, understanding,
and correctly using the terms associated with international business helps them move toward
2. Focusing on the boxed material and the case study will help students achieve the
3. The “Check Your Progress” section in the textbook will help in understanding chapter
content, and Connect offers a way to hold them accountable. These topics may be assigned as
an outside class assignment. One of the problems in giving textbook questions as outside
assignments is that students frequently do not do the assignments and wait for the instructor
to give them the answers. Instructors can avoid these problems in several ways: (1) collect
assignments at random and assign a grade; (2) occasionally give some of the same questions as
a quiz, thus rewarding students who have done their assignments; (3) have students hand in
assignments and give credit for work submitted (or penalties for work not submitted); and (4)
call on students at random to present on specific questions (giving a small number of points for
4. Guest lecturers willing to discuss the challenges presented by the rapidly changing
aspects of international business, such as by discussing the pace of change in their own
industry, are a way to underscore the importance of the information in this module. Possible
guests include:
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• You might also be able to contact a foreign exchange student in advance and ask
him/her to discuss the nature of his/her home country and some of the differences
that he/she has observed here
5. Students tend to be aware marginally of their consumer-level dependence on
international business. To arouse their early interest in the importance of this course, we use
one or more of the student involvement exercises listed in the following section.
a. One professor starts the course by asking students this question: “If I snapped my
finger (snap your finger) and every piece of clothing we are wearing today that was
NOT manufactured in the U.S. disappeared, how we would be dressed?” The obvious
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CONNECT TOOLS F OR ASSESSEMENT OF LEARNI NG
Interactive Applications
Assigning Interactives
Consider assigning only 2 interactives per chapter. Interactive applications allow students to see
concepts in practice and assess higher order thinking skills. There are numerous exercises of
different types available. Click’n’drag, video cases, and case analysis are the types you will see
most frequently in this program.
Time-Saving Hints:
• Instructors may want to give students unlimited or multiple attempts on the first few
assignments so the students have a chance to learn and navigate the system before
selecting the option for one attempt only.
• The value of each question should probably be relatively low, since multiple questions
are usually assigned for each chapter. A good rule of thumb would be to make “Quiz
Questions” worth 1 point each and “Interactives” worth 5-10 points each since these
require more time and thought.
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• Feedback given to students is time flexible. Selecting feedback to be displayed after the
assignment due date helps to limit students from giving the correct answers to other
students while the interactive is still available.
Connect Content Matrix
For every chapter, please refer to the Connect Content Matrix to see what application
exercises are available, what Learning Objectives they help reinforce/assess.
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Assignment Type
Title
Topic(s)
Learning
Objective(s
)
AACSB
Accreditati
on Tagging
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Drag and Drop
What is
International
Business
What is
International
Business
01-01; 01-
02
Analytical
Understand
/ Remember
Drag and Drop
Drivers of
Globalization
Drivers of
Globalization
01-03; 01-
04
Analytical
Understand
/ Analyze
Drag and Drop
The
Globalization
Debate
The Globalization
Debate
01–05
Analytical
Understand
Drag and Drop
Growth of
International
Business
Is
Internationalization
of Business a New
Trend
01-02; 01-
03
Reflective
thinking
Understand
/ Apply/
Remember
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