This paper develops a class project – a set of empirical exercises integrated with simple econometric methods – and examines the pedagogical effectiveness of the class project in teaching undergraduate macroeconomics. Specifically, the class project is designed to connect empirical evidence to the three main areas of macroeconomics that have been taught widely in an advanced introduction to intermediate level course: 1) the short-run economy (economic fluctuations); 2) the long-run economy (classical economic theory); and 3) the very long-run economy (economic growth). For economics teachers, the class project presented here can be utilized as an interactive teaching tool to effectively demonstrate the bridge between macroeconomic theory and empirical evidence, and enhance students’ quantitative skills.

本文开发了一个班级项目（一套与简单的计量经济学方法相结合的经验练习），并研究了该班级项目在教授本科宏观经济学方面的教学效果。具体来说，该班级项目旨在将经验证据与宏观经济学的三个主要领域联系起来，这三个方面在中级课程的高级入门中得到了广泛的教授：1）短期经济（经济波动）；2）长期经济（古典经济学理论）；3）非常长期的经济（经济增长）。对于经济学教师而言，此处介绍的课堂项目可以用作交互式教学工具，以有效地展示宏观经济学理论与经验证据之间的桥梁，并提高学生的量化技能。