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Highsmith, Robert J. – Economic Education, 1986
Among the activities mentioned are: the initiation of a three-year national research study on high school seniors; the revision of the Test of Economic Literacy; the development of a new scope and sequence document; and the completion of teacher and administrator training manuals for use with the audio-visual material entitled "Economics…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economics, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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 reviewedBeron,Kurt J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1990
Presents objectives, methodology, and results from a binary model that studies data from a 1987 nationwide survey of high school students taking the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). Links current economics class performance to perceived usefulness of additional economics courses. Advocates curriculum reassessment. Includes tables showing results.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Correlation
