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Download full textFoeller, William H. – 1988
Data from the Joint Council on Economic Education's National Assessment of Economic Education (NAEE) Survey, gathered during the 1986-87 school year, provide material for a large-sample study of a broad variety of determinants of economic understanding and attitudes at the precollege level. The NAEE Survey, consisting of four questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, Economics, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedLynch, Gerald J. – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Contends that great strides were made in improving economics education after 1961, with the release of the National Task Force on Economic Education report. Asserts that infusing economic concepts into other social studies courses is much less effective than providing a separate economics course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Economics
Peer reviewedLopus, Jane S. – Journal of Economic Education, 1990
Using a production-functions approach, analyzes data from the National Assessment of Economic Education to investigate whether spending more on high school economics courses improves student performance measured by the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). Delineates procedure. Results show direct allocation of resources produces improved student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics Education, Educational Resources, Expenditure per Student
