The discussion of the gap between theory and practice has a long tradition in educational psychology and especially in research on learning and instruction. Starting with a short analysis of more or less elaborated approaches focusing on this problem, a complex procedure called "integrative research approach", specialized in reducing the gap…

Abstracts of research studies in vocational education provide a source of information for the researcher, the teacher, and the education community. Included are 48 masters' reports and theses in agriculture and home economics education completed at the Kansas State University during the period 1963 through 1968. The purpose, methodology, and…

Reports the activities of the Committee at its annual meeting, held in December, 1985. Topics include the need for more research on education in economics, enlisting more economists in economic education activities, and the training of elementary and secondary teachers. (JDH)

College students working in a personalized instruction system in an introductory economics course can learn as much as students in conventional settings. (RM)

The purpose of this study was to test for differences in income concepts between those college students trained in accounting and those not trained. Students without prior training viewed income as a change in value or well being, while those with accounting training viewed income determination from an accounting procedural approach. (RM)

Compares achievement of male and female high school students in a required economics course. Course grades and standardized test scores for 1412 students were examined for possible gender-related causes of differences in achievement levels. Results showed no significant differences between male and female student performance. (AM)

Bibliographic citations are classified according to: (1) Home Management, (2) Teaching Home Management, (3) Use of Space, Work Areas, Housing, Equipment, (4) Time and Energy, (5) Consumer Buying, (6) Family Economics, (7) Teaching Family Economics, (8) Levels and Standards of Living, (9) Income, Expenditures, and Savings, (10) Financial and…

The Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) represents an alternative method of instruction to both conventional lecturing and programmed learning. The purpose of this paper is to report on an experiment in which the PSI technique is employed on a microeconomics course in which a one semester introductory course was a prerequisite and was…

It is reasonable to be concerned about ideological bias in economics textbooks because of political pressures in the United States to present a positive evaluation of free enterprise. However, an examination of texts does not show the bias that Bruce Romanish claims to have found. (IS)

Jean Piaget's cognitive theory was used to investigate the economic reasoning of children and adolescents. Findings indicate student reasoning becomes more abstract, other directed, and flexible with increasing age; five concepts are prerequisites to understanding other economic concepts; and the rate at which economic reasoning develops varies by…

Reports the results of a study that evaluated the impact of the Developmental Economic Education Project (DEEP) and the International Paper Company (IPCF) awards program for teaching economics on high school student cognitive and affective outcomes. A description of the theoretical model used for the analysis is included. (AM)

Summarizes 433 family and consumer sciences theses and 221 dissertations by institution and subject and compares 1995-1999. Lists authors and titles by subject: art/design, child development, clothing/apparel, family/consumer resource management, family and consumer sciences, family relations, foods, human environment/housing, hotel/restaurant…

Although academic ability is the most important explanatory variable in studies of student learning, researchers control for it with a wide array and combinations of proxies. The authors investigated how the proxy choice affects estimates of undergraduate student learning by testing over 150 specifications of a single model, each including a…