In Ms. Paul's sixth grade social studies class, students are investigating and creating definitions for different types of economic systems, including traditional, command, market, and mixed economies. Students were given two pictures representing each economic system and then had to brainstorm and concoct a working definition for each different type of economy. So far, students have used their given clues very well and have come up with some stellar examples!
Meanwhile, juniors and seniors took a trip to the Wright State University Soin Trading Center and learned about the stock market from WSU professors. Students got to see the capabilities of the Bloomberg Launchpad program and learn about the career opportunities that are available to them in business and finance.
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| Students heard from Dr. Akhbari and Lecturer Ingram about how the trade room works and how to invest in the stock, bond, and mutual fund markets. |
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| The Soin Trading Room is state-of-the-art, we can't thank WSU enough for hosting our students and showing it to them! |
Students also were able to tour "DAVE," which is the College of Business's new Data Analytics and Visualization Environment, which is a state-of-the-art data analysis laboratory. Students learned about how the university can analyze vast amounts of data after hearing Dr. Sengupta talk about all of capabilities of the lab.
We would like to thank Dean Li and the College of Business for hosting DRSS students on this visit. This marks the fourth time that DRSS students have been to WSU to visit to the trade room as part of their Economics class.
Students are currently competing for the fourth year in a row in the Ohio Stock Market Challenge, which is coordinated through WSU. This trip not only gives them a better understanding of how the game works, but also helps foster better understanding of investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. This is a key component of the personal finance unit in Economics' classes at DRSS, which all students are required to take at DRSS.
