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Hastings, Justine S.; Madrian, Brigitte C.; Skimmyhorn, William L. – Annual Review of Economics, 2013
In this article, we review the literature on financial literacy, financial education, and consumer financial outcomes. We consider how financial literacy is measured in the current literature and examine how well the existing literature addresses whether financial education improves financial literacy or personal financial outcomes. We discuss the…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Knowledge Level, Costs, Money Management
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Devane, Ben – E-Learning, 2009
In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, there exists a deficit of compelling financial education curricula in urban schools that serve financially vulnerable working-class students. Part of a design-based research investigation aimed at creating culturally-relevant financial literacy learning environments, this study…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Discourse Communities, Money Management, Discourse Analysis
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Dennis, Michael L.; And Others – American Psychologist, 1990
Discusses the limitations of previous energy conservation programs in affecting the behavior of individual consumers. Suggests that the rational-economic model upon which they were based needs to be supplemented with alternative psychosociological models in developing future programs. (EVL)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Audience Analysis, Audience Response, Behavior Change
Griggs, Mildred Barnes; McFadden, Joan Robertson – 1980
Existing data are reviewed and synthesized that speak to the extent to which Consumer and Homemaking Education (C&HE) programs at secondary and postsecondary levels contribute to student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Differences in program design that were found in the research literature are described before findings about effectiveness…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Consumer Education, Evaluation Methods, Home Economics