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Peer reviewedAjello, Anna Maria; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1987
Investigates the teaching of concepts of work and profit to third graders in Rome. Students were interviewed before and after teaching of instructional units to ascertain their ideas on prices, profit, and product distribution. (PCB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Economics Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBerti, Anna Emilia; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Examines how an economic concept changed when 68 third-grade Italian children underwent different kinds of experiences simulated by means of tutorial and critical training. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Economics Education
Peer reviewedBerti, Anna Emilia – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
Conceptions of 50 third graders (aged 8-9 years) in Italy about shopkeepers' profit were examined using the Piagetian clinical procedure, with an interview followed by a comparison task that checked comprehension. Teaching children about profit had a higher impact at posttest on children who could compare correctly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Economics Education
