Intended for use by college level economics instructors contemplating use of the Teaching Information Processing System (TIPS), the article analyzes TIPS with emphasis on its benefits as perceived by students. Consideration is also given to residual effects of TIPS and to installation costs. (Author/DB)

Questions previous studies which found that students of economics in two-year colleges learned less than students in four-year schools because of inadequate instruction. Offers alternative hypotheses for performance differences, including inadequate sampling in earlier studies, possible bias of measuring instruments, and different objectives of…

Reports results of an experiment to measure the impact of course grade incentive on student performance in college level economics courses. Findings indicated that students scored higher when the TUCE was a graded course requirement. (Author/DB)

An evaluation of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in economics showed that CAI does improve student scores but not significantly more than traditional assignments. Results indicated that CAI is better than just using lectures to teach economics, and that, while, CAI is not better than traditional assignments, it is not any worse. (RM)

This paper describes a study that attempts to measure the influence of a commercially available game, Marketplace, on student achievement is economic understanding and student attitudes toward the instructional process and selected economic concepts. (Author)

Factors influencing student performance (economics background, major field, sex, age, precourse grade expectations, mathematics background), student attitudes toward economics, and the instructor's background and experience were all considered in this report on the effectiveness of economics instruction in two-year colleges. (JB)

High School students who took the Test of Economic Understanding were asked whether economics is a masculine or feminine topic and whether they preferred male or female teachers in their social studies classes. Students who did not gender stereotype economics and had no gender preference for their teacher did better on the TEU. (KC)

Analyzes data from the National Assessment of Economic Education Survey using data envelopment analysis. Determines whether high school economics classes in the Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP) produce higher achievement levels than non-DEEP classes. Calculates technical efficiency of DEEP and non-DEEP classes. Reports results…

Presents study which extends the analysis of economic understanding and attitudes of high school students using a national data set of the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). Using matched pre- and posttest scores, the study investigated factors that explained level of posttest economic achievement or attitudes and analyzed reasons for gains in…

Presents results of a study of whether simulation leads to improved understanding of economic concepts among fifth grade students. Reports that simulations were used in instructing 300 children in 10 classes in the southeastern United States. Concludes that the use of simulations and role-playing activities increased student performance in…

Analysis of data on 82 agricultural and home economics transfer students from community colleges and 103 regular undergraduates revealed transfer students had lower academic aptitude; ag majors had higher ACT composite scores than home ec majors; transfers' cumulative quality point averages were equal to those earned by nontransfers; and transfers…

Investigated gender differences in economics education and achievement, using data from a study of Australian secondary school students that collected data on student background and economics achievement (via the Test of Economic Literacy). Results showed few gender differences related to item bias, total performance, and student background…

The authors extend the standard education production function and student time allocation analysis to focus on the interactions between student effort and performance over the semester. The purged instrumental variable technique is used to obtain consistent estimators of the structural parameters of the model using data from intermediate…

This paper estimates the effect of a state-imposed curriculum mandate on the academic achievement of US public school students. By 1998, 14 states across the US had mandates that high school students should take an economics course. For these states, the proportions of public schools students taking high school economics was around twice that of…

Learning from a distance continues to gain popularity. An influx of traditional, and even on-campus students attest to its flexibility, but are they equipped to succeed in a low-contact distance environment versus a face-to-face, on-campus environment? This research explored whether several variables including background, preparedness and…