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Brückner, Sebastian; Förster, Manuel; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Walstad, William B. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The assessment of university students' economic knowledge has become an increasingly important research area within and across countries. Particularly, the different influences of prior education, native language, and gender as some of the main prerequisites on students' economic knowledge have been highlighted since long. However, the findings…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Knowledge Level, Native Language
Baehler, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the level of a student's performance based on incoming knowledge in an intermediate macroeconomic and microeconomic course at a major mid-western university. Analysis of student understanding of specific economic concepts was accessed through the Test of Understanding College Economics, 4th Edition (TUCE) (Walstad,Watts &…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Economics Education, Comprehension, Macroeconomics
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Polimeni, John M.; Iorgulescu, Raluca I. – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Love it or hate it, assessment has become the new reality on college and university campuses. Although measuring student achievement of course outcomes is not an easy task, assessment does not need to be a complex or painful experience. This paper describes the methods used to assess student achievement of the stated course outcomes in…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Achievement Tests, Outcome Measures, Student Evaluation