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Peer reviewedBuckles, Stephen; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1984
Indiana's K-12 consumer and economic education program was rated very high by participating teachers. However, the lack of program effectiveness beyond just in-service training is reflected by the fact that no significant differences were found between the economic concepts that participanting and nonparticipating economics teachers reported…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Consumer Education, Economics Education, Educational Practices
McElhinney, Kerry R.; Pershing, James A. – 1989
The lack of economics literacy is a serious problem in the United States. Today, public school students are taught little if any economics and score very poorly on economics literacy tests, with the average test score being 40 percent. This absence of economic understanding hurts the economy in the following ways: (1) economically illiterate…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Citizenship Education, Consumer Education, Critical Thinking
