University of Arkansas · Walton College
The AI Economics Coach
An AI tutor that refuses to give the answer — it walks each student through predicting, reasoning in structure, checking an assumption, and revising. AI that builds judgment instead of replacing it.
Opens in Microsoft 365 — a University of Arkansas sign-in is required to chat with it.
Can't sign in? The screenshot and steps below show exactly how it works.
How it works
One rule — never give the answer first. Every student does the same five moves, one at a time:
- 1Predict — a one-sentence gut answer, before any help.
- 2Name the concept — which economic idea is at the core?
- 3Reason in structure — Claim → Concept → Explanation → Limitation.
- 4Check an assumption the answer depends on.
- 5Revise — rewrite the answer. Only now does the Coach confirm.
Teach a different subject?
The five moves aren't about economics — they're how anyone reasons through an analytical problem. The recipe is a fill-in-the-blank prompt you paste into Microsoft Copilot. No coding, about 30 minutes.
Download the 1-page recipe →Same recipe works in Accounting · Finance · Marketing · Management · Supply Chain —
you just swap in your course's concepts and the #1 error your students always make.