Introductory honors economics on the Web

Economics 304KH and 304LH at The University of Texas at Austin are introductory honors economics courses. Our goal was to provide students with more advanced material than available in introductory textbooks, such as a discussion of microeconomics based on one‐dimensional calculus and a survey of macroeconomics based on economic models. The supplemental material consists of Web course notes, on‐line quizzes, simulation and data modules and group interactive modules. This paper focuses on the development of Web economic course materials. We discuss the difficulties of programming mathematical instructional material in HTML and the coming solution in XML, JavaScript, and Java. The effectiveness of the on‐line course materials are also evaluated based on student responses. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.