| Site: | Investment Portfollio Corporate Stock |
| Address / Date of Site: | http://www-ed.fnal.gov/linc/projects/Witkus/LincLinc.htm July 1996 |
Author: |
Paul Witkus, Fenton High School, Department of Business Education |
| Description: | Students investigate investment opportunities, present their findings |
| Grade Levels | 9-12 |
| Subject Areas | Business Education, Economics |
| Standards Supported | Economics, Finance |
Features and Components: |
Students must investigate which companies would be the best investment of inherited money. Very specific on requirements. |
| What Makes it Good? | • Facilitation - Students are in charge of locating all of the information • Differentiation - Group work should provide for a blending of strengths • Relevance - Students think about reliability and longevity of companies • ^Thinking Skills - Students decide what are the important factors in choosing how to invest their monies • Active Participation - Students navigate the sites, and create their own solutions • Real World - investing either capital or their time in a reliable company will be beneficial to personal success • Non-standard assessment - performance based and includes feedback |
| Specific Applications: | Introduction to Business & Marketing; Economics; Finance; Accounting |