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Peer reviewedPeterson, Norris A. – Journal of Economic Education, 1992
Presents results of a study using a switching regression model to correct for biases in assessing the gain in economic knowledge from high school economic courses. Explains that regressors used included geometry, civics, female, African-American, college, twelfth, and dummy variables. Reports substantial differences between students who elect…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Research, Elective Courses, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedMesser, Wayne S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Examines the catalog descriptions of 42 undergraduate psychology programs in North Carolina. Reveals that minimum introductory and methodological requirements consists of one-term introductory, statistics, and experimental design courses. A required integrated experience was most often a history and systems course or senior seminar. This is…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Course Content
Betres, James J. – 1983
Data on secondary social studies education in Rhode Island public schools are analyzed. Of 36 schools contacted in 1982-83, 25 department chairpersons and 154 teachers responded to questionnaires covering professional background, chairperson role perceptions, faculty program perceptions, departmental offerings, and instructional techniques and…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Departments, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
