December 2025 Updates and Notices

Welcome to the final Updates & Notices of 2025!

Many thanks to all teachers and students who have supported us this during the year. InThinking IGCSE Economics is now used by 171 teachers and 1,248 of their students (who enjoy free access) in 32 countries.

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Some of the exciting updates and features of the website include:

• Worked examples added to support students' exam techniques. An example is here for Topic 2.5.2 (Consequences of price changes).
• To help students understand the challenging topic of price elasticity of demand (PED) in Topic 2.6, a classroom activity has been added here - scroll down to "Activity - Exploring price elasticity of demand (PED)".
• InThinking IGCSE Economics now has a question bank of over 1,000 multiple choice questions to help your students prepare for the Paper 1 examination.

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• There is a growing bank of Paper 2 questions, including this recently added one about seasonal unemployment (a new topic in the IGCSE syllabus) in Portugal here.
• The comprehensive glossary of key terms has been updated here. There are now 315 definitions in this glossary. Students may want to bookmark this page to support their learning throughout the course.
• With Hanukkah and Christmas fast approaching, teachers may be interested in this "Seasonomics" activity, created to engage students in their review and revision of key Economics concepts and theories in the IGCSE course. You may be able to get some interesting and educational classroom displays from this too!

Did you know that your IGCSE Economics students can have completely free access to the website once you have activated Student Access? You can also register other teachers in your school to gain access to the website, which is updated every week, 52 weeks a year. The annual subscription therefore represents extremely good value for money and will save you hundreds of hours of planning.

Currency	Annual	Per week	Per day
USD	270	5.19	0.74
EUR	220	4.23	0.60
GBP	210	4.04	0.58

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There are several key functions to Student Access:

• Students have access to all notes related to the contents of the course. Essentially, they can use the website as a comprehensive e-textbook for the entire course.
• It allows students to directly access most, but not all, pages (such as examination papers and mark schemes, as well as other teacher support materials).
• It enables teachers to create tasks for their students (refer to the Smart Quizzes section of the website).
• It helps to consolidate student learning and facilitates revision (such as the Paper 1 MCQ tasks, which all come with answers that have explanations).
• It allows teachers to monitor the progress of their students using the grade book.

To get started, go to the Student Access tab in the top left corner of the home page.

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We know at InThinking that the strength and growth of the community of teachers using our sites rely on word of mouth. If you are enjoying the website, please share your insights through your own connections and social networks. We are certainly keen on hearing from you, guiding the site's future developments. Testimonials for the InThinking Economics website can be found here.

Content on the website exceeds 650 000 words. To put this into context, a 320-page IGCSE Economics textbook is typically around 160 000 words. InThinking IGCSE Economics includes more than 380 interactive quizzes, 1000 interactive auto-marked MCQs, revision flash cards covering the entire syllabus, and a growing question bank of exam practise questions and mark schemes for Paper 1 and Paper 2.

Wishing you and your students all the best for a peaceful holiday season with family and friends. 🙏

Paul Hoang