A Survey of Economic Understanding in U.S. High Schools

Autor/inn/en	Butters, Roger B.; Asarta, Carlos J.
Titel	A Survey of Economic Understanding in U.S. High Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Economic Education, 42 (2011) 2, S.200-205 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0485
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Economics; Economics Education; Achievement; Tests; Advanced Students; Comparative Analysis; Student Surveys; Test of Economic Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Wirtschaftskunde; Performance; Leistung; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Fortgeschrittener; Schülerbefragung
Abstract	The recent widespread adoption of online competitions in economic education provides a unique opportunity to make frequent assessments of economic literacy in U.S. classrooms. In this survey, student responses to test items from the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL) are used to create economic concept and content area achievement benchmarks. These benchmarks provide an interim renorming of the TEL and allow the authors to gauge the status of economic understanding among high school students. The data also allow the authors to compare learning outcomes between regular and advanced economics classes. Finally, the authors find that students in advanced economics classes significantly outperform students in regular classes. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10