Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (University of mini传媒)
Diploma in Teaching (Christchurch College of Education)
Master of Arts with Honours (University of mini传媒)
Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (University of mini传媒)
Research Interests
My research interests centre around teaching and assessment in economics. Do different types of assessments measure different things? Do different types of students perform better or worse in different types of assessments? I am also interested in what we actually achieve in principles of economics classes. Are we creating economically literate people or just people who can pass the exam?
- Economics education: teaching principles
- National accounts
- NZ official statistics
Recent Publications
- Woodfield A., Menclova A. and Hickson S. (2014)聽Analysing Sentencing Starting Points for HSE Offences.聽Employment Law Bulletin (1): 1-7.
- Hickson S. and Agnew S. (2013)聽Assigning grades during an earthquake - shaken or stirred?聽New Zealand Economic Papers 47(3): 288-303.聽.
- Woodfield A., Hickson S. and Menclova A. (2013)聽HSE sentencing: changing guidelines.聽New Zealand Law Journal Aug 2013(7): 267-272.
- Woodfield A., Hickson S. and Menclova A. (2013)聽Predicting HSE fines.聽New Zealand Law Journal Sep 2013(8): 312-316.
- Agnew SR. and Hickson SM. (2012)聽Using online assessment to replace invigilated assessment in times of a natural disaster: Are some online assessment conditions better than others?聽Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning 16(1): 13.
