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Results from the Test of Economic Literacy in Germany and Japan: A Critical Discussion on the Gender Effect
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Happ, Roland; Kato, Maki; Rüter, Ines – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2021
University lecturers and coordinators of business and economics courses around the world are faced with the challenge that beginning students in these courses have heterogeneous entry conditions in terms of personal characteristics. This article focuses on the economic knowledge of German and Japanese beginning students in a business and economics…
Descriptors: Economics, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Economics Education
Economic Literacy among Beginning Higher Education Economics Students in Japan and Germany and Its Socio-Demographic Influencing Factors
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Reichert-Schlax, Jasmin; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Happ, Roland; Yamaoka, Michio; Asano, Tadayoshi; Abe, Shintaro – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
In view of cross-national student mobility and increasing internationalization of the labor market, a common understanding of economic concepts as well as awareness for country-specific factors influencing economics education is essential. Therefore, the development of instruments that allow for comparable investigation across countries is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Labor Market, Global Approach
The Long-Term Effects of Students' Economic Competencies on the Transition from School to University in the International Context
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Jüttler, Michael; Schumann, Stephan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
Because of the high social relevance of an economics education, many countries now focus on the enhancement of economic competencies in schools. International results show strong deficits in basic economic knowledge, especially for students in upper secondary education, who usually enter higher education. Furthermore, it is not clear what effects…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level, Longitudinal Studies
Macroeconomic Knowledge of Higher Education Students in Germany and Japan--A Multilevel Analysis of Contextual and Personal Effects
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Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Schmidt, Susanne; Brückner, Sebastian; Förster, Manuel; Yamaoka, Michio; Asano, Tadayoshi – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Recent trends towards harmonising and internationalising business and economics studies in higher education are affecting the structure and content of programmes and courses, and necessitate more transparent and comparable information on students' economic knowledge and skills. In this study, we examine by linear multilevel regression modelling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics Education, Macroeconomics, Knowledge Level
Gender Effects in Assessment of Economic Knowledge and Understanding: Differences among Undergraduate Business and Economics Students in Germany, Japan, and the United States
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Brückner, Sebastian; Förster, Manuel; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Happ, Roland; Walstad, William B.; Yamaoka, Michio; Asano, Tadayoshi – Peabody Journal of Education, 2015
Gender effects in large-scale assessments have become an increasingly important research area within and across countries. Yet few studies have linked differences in assessment results of male and female students in higher education to construct-relevant features of the target construct. This paper examines gender effects on students' economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Undergraduate Students, Economics Education
Economic Education in Secondary Schools in the United States and Other Nations.
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Walstad, William B.; Watts, Michael – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Asserts that the primary goal of economics education is to help students understand the economic world around them and make more informed personal and social decisions. Reviews comparative studies of economic education and student achievement in the United States, Japan, Germany, Austria, Australia, and the United Kingdom. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Course Selection (Students), Cross Cultural Studies