Student Styles and Learning in Two College of Business Courses

In teaching junior and senior finance and insurance courses, courses which must be applied in their emphasis, I think it important to concentrate on developing problem solving skills. Sometimes this means solving straight-forward, technical problems. At other times I focus on more open-ended managerial or public policy problems. While not wanting to foster a technical school mentality, the career orientation of business disciplines makes it appropriate to focus on developing the students\u27 ability to apply course material. An ancillary benefit from this orientation is that it nurtures problem solving and analytical skills generally