[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 58 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E717]
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                      RECOGNIZING CLARE ADKIN, JR.

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                          HON. DAVID E. PRICE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 30, 2004

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate Clare Adkin, Jr., for being recognized as one of five 
finalists in the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)/NASDAQ 
National Teaching Awards.
  These awards are presented to teachers in grades 6-12 for creative, 
original and effective efforts in applying economic content and 
reasoning skills to instruction on market economies, personal finance, 
financial markets, entrepreneurship, and the capital formation process. 
Since 1949, NCEE has developed and implemented programs that equip 
teachers to get economic and personal finance education into the 
classroom. The NASDAQ Stock Market Educational Foundation, whose goal 
is to expand understanding of capital formation and financial markets, 
sponsors the National Teaching Awards.
  Mr. Adkin was chosen for this honor because of the innovative 
teaching technique he developed to illustrate and explain various 
complex economic concepts such as opportunity cost, diminishing 
marginal utility, and rational ignorance. Using five-by-eight index 
cards, Mr. Adkin created ``Economic Concept Cards,'' which provide a 
definition or explanation of an economic concept as well as a narrative 
description or example and a sample question demonstrating the 
student's mastery of the concept. After developing the cards, students 
use them to prepare for tests, including the AP Economics exam, and 
many students keep the cards to use to study for college economics 
classes.
  At the Cary Academy, Mr. Adkin taught Advanced Principles of 
Economics, Basic Economics, Great Court Cases, and The Sixties: the 
Tumultuous Decade. He also served as chair of the Cary Academy History 
Department. In 2003, Mr. Adkin retired from teaching atter a 39-year 
career.
  I am pleased to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Adkin for 
this national achievement. It is a fitting recognition for someone who 
devoted nearly four decades to teaching, and who developed effective 
and engaging techniques for teaching students about economics.

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