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Leamer, Laurence E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1974
This annotated bibliography provides an examination and description of all recent introductory principles texts to help instructors decide which texts to obtain for consideration in their own courses. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Economics, Economics Education, Guides
Leamer, Laurence E. – 1972
This guide provides teachers, authors, and editors with a fuller knowledge of economics textbook alternatives. The guide consists of four parts which provide information on 41 college economic texts published 1970-72. Part 1 is a guide to text identification through such objective factors as approach, length, price, rigor, publisher, title,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Resources

Highfill, Jannett K.; Weber, William V. – Journal of Economic Education, 1994
Asserts that international trade, as compared with international finance or even international economics, is primarily an applied microeconomics field. Discusses decomposition analysis in relation to international trade and tariffs. Reports on an evaluation of the treatment of this topic in eight college-level economics textbooks. (CFR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economics, Economics Education, Exports

Bethune, John J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1992
Presents a review of five textbooks available for a one-semester undergraduate course in the history of economic thought. Includes method of approach taken by the authors, content, and features such as indexes and lists of suggested readings. Suggests how the texts differ with respect to content without recommending any particular book. (DK)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Research

Lucier, Richard L. – Journal of Economic Education, 1992
Reviews 14 international economics textbooks to help instructors with selection. Includes organization and structure, topics covered, and characteristics of the texts. Suggests considerations such as course length, level of abstraction desired, opinion of numerically based graphical analysis, extensiveness of examples and applications, and whether…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Research

Shackelford, Jean – Journal of Economic Education, 1991
Reviews 21 one-semester economics textbooks using Kenneth E. Boulding's ideas for introductory textbooks. Lists 240 concepts and topic areas in macroeconomics, microeconomics, public policy, and international economics that may be covered in a textbook. (NL)
Descriptors: Course Content, Economics, Economics Education, Higher Education
Davison, Donald G.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies of social studies textbooks that are used in grades one through six. The study, supported by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies textual materials made under the direction…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
O'Neill, James B. – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies in United States and world history textbooks that are used in grades 11 and 12. The study, conducted by the Center for Economic Education, University of Delaware, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Watson, George G., Jr.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies of social studies textbooks that are used in grades 7, 8, and 9. The study, conducted by the Center for Economic Education at the Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Weidenaar, Dennis J.; And Others – 1973
The report is an evaluation of the economic content and teaching strategies in social studies textbooks that are used in grades 10, 11, and 12. The study, conducted by the Center for Economic Education, Purdue University, was part of a kindergarten through grade twelve assessment of the treatment of economics in social studies textual materials…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research