Cross-National Structure of Economic Competence: Insights from a German and Russian Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Federiakin, Denis; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Kardanova, Elena; Kühling-Thees, Carla; Reichert-Schlax, Jasmin; Koreshnikova, Yuliya
Titel	Cross-National Structure of Economic Competence: Insights from a German and Russian Assessment
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 17 (2022) 2, S.225-245 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.1177/17454999211061243
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Undergraduate Students; Curriculum Development; Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Economics Education; Academic Standards; Business Administration Education; Tests; Translation; Test Content; Knowledge Level; Teaching Methods; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; German; Russian; Competence; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Wirtschaftskunde; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Testaufgabe; Wissensbasis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mikroökonomie; Makroökonomie; Deutscher; Russisch; Kompetenz; Sekundarbereich; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Deutschland
Abstract	In this paper, we present a study, which models and measures the competencies of higher education students in business and economics--within and across countries. To measure student competencies in a valid and reliable way, the Test of Understanding in College Economics was used, which assesses microeconomic and macroeconomic competencies. The test was translated into several languages and adapted for different university contexts. In the presented study, the test contents were also compared with regard to the educational standards and the university curricula in Russia and Germany. Our findings from the cross-national analysis suggest one strong general factor of economic competence, which encompasses micro- and macroeconomic dimensions. This points to a stronger interconnection between learning and understanding economic contents than previous research suggests and indicates far-reaching curricular and instructional consequences for higher education economics as well as needs for further research, which are discussed in this paper. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01