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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Introductory economics"”.
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Assessing learning outcomes in college introductory economics courses: A case study
… recent years relates to the teaching of college introductory economics principles in courses. This thesis analyzes the learning outcomes of students taking introductory college economics principles courses. Little basic research has been performed on the assessment of how students actually learn …
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Developing an Economic Pedagogy for an Enacted Environment in which Cognitive Differences Matter
… presented here is to increase the utility of introductory Economics (particularly Microeconomics), to Business undergraduates. The motivation for this was my desire to improve on the poor outcomes previously recorded for students at the University of Glamorgan (and elsewhere), and avoid the …
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An instrument for measuring student opinions on economic issues
… of students with no prior formal exposure to economics and not currently enrolled in an economics class. The results were then factor analyzed. The result was a forty item instrument measuring opinions concerning five economic issues. Next, this forty item survey was tested to determine if the …
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Essays in Educational Economics and Industry Structure
… taught four large sections of Principles of Macroeconomics in the spring and fall of 2001. Each class met on MWF; two sections at 8 AM, one at 10:10 AM, and one at 1:25 PM. I required one of the sections (8 AM Spring) to review the module and take a proficiency quiz to demonstrate their skill …
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A case study of determining the economic literacy of introductory economic students in South Africa
… but despite the attention that has been given to economics in the recent years, economists have found that the public is unfamiliar with economics and basic economic concepts. But how do economists know what the public's understanding of economics is? Literature suggests that one could test …