The guide for secondary teachers, a new interdisciplinary approach integrating macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts with home economic courses, is divided into two major parts: Part I, "Teaching Personal Economics in the Home Economics Curriculum," written by a group of specialists, stresses consumer behavior in four units on clothing,…

The Census of Service Industries, which is conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in years ending with 2 or 7, collects information on the number of organizations and selected financial measures in both performing and non-performing arts disciplines. This report presents and analyzes the 1987 data in chart format. The aim is to provide a view…

This booklet is the 34th edition of "Experiences of Enterprising Teachers" and describes the 42 projects selected to receive National Awards for Teaching Economics. Seventy-four teachers from the primary through the senior high school level developed the curricula to help their students understand how the world works, today, tomorrow, and the day…

The author discusses ways to improve the training of economists at the university level. (Author/RM)

Three simulations developed at the Henry George School, New York, and used by students in the City-As-School program in New York City to understand patterns in the growth and economics of their city, are described. Information for ordering the games is included. (JH)

The potential disadvantages of a mathematical approach to the teaching elementary economics are examined. (DE)

Presented is a proposal to develop a teacher training program designed to improve the classroom performance of economics students by improving the teaching skills of trained professionals. Projected major steps in the 5-year planning period are outlined: a) planning a training program to improve the classroom ability of college instructors; b)…

Project PROBE in cooperation with the State University College at Oneonta implemented a broad program to upgrade the economic literacy and teaching skills of classroom teachers throughout the project region. These activities included offering courses for college credit to both elementary and secondary teachers in which new ideas and concepts in…

Additional test items are presented to supplement those already presented for the first two concept areas of the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis prepared for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents can be found under EM 010 787 through EM 010 823. The final evaluation report is ED 043 790, and the model developed…

This document is composed of the pretests, posttests, and unit tests of the multimedia, individualized course on economic analysis prepared for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents can be found under EM 010 787 through EM 010 822. The final evaluation report is ED 043 790, and the model developed for designing systems of…

This report builds on the Textbook Report done in 1963 by the American Economic Association (AEA). The "new look" assumes three tasks: 1) to determine whether current texts show improvements; 2) to go beyond minimum type evaluative criteria in the AEA report and develop a standardized economics textbook evaluation procedure; and, 3) to identify…

This report is one of a series presenting the results of studies of NDEA Title XI and Arts and Humanities Foundation Institute programs and selected institute-associated activities conducted in 1966. During that year, five economics institutes were held. The 175 participants in these institutes were involved in a variety of programs, including one…

These sets of behavioral objectives for junior college economics courses were written to serve as a guide to instruction, a student guide to learning, and a basis for evaluation. The objectives are offered as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes other instructors want their students to acquire.…

This article reports the results of an experiment by college graduate students to measure the knowledge gained from reading selected Federal Reserve Bank Review articles as compared to reading the scholarly literature on which the Review articles were based. (Author/JR)

This article offers a brief review of the intellectual and ideological history of economics. Devotes particular attention to the issue of how economists draw the line between science and ideological indoctrination. (JDH)