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Economic Learning Education and Financial Literacy among Indonesian Students
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Haryono, Agung; Narmaditya, Bagus Shandy; Handayani, Sri; Satrio, Yogi Dwi; Munir, Syahrul – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
This study investigates the effect of economics learning outcomes, parents' income, and students' origin on financial literacy among Indonesian high school students. Using random sampling, this research involved 206 students as respondents. The data was collected by providing tests to the students and documentation techniques. The data were…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Financial Literacy, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Legitimation of Poverty in School Economics Textbooks in South Africa
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Ramdhani, Jugathambal; Maistry, Suriamurthee – Education as Change, 2020
In South Africa, the school textbook remains a powerful source of content knowledge to both teachers and learners. Such knowledge is often engaged uncritically by textbook users. As such, the worldviews and value systems in the knowledge selected for consumption remain embedded and are likely to do powerful ideological work. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Textbooks, World Views, Ideology, Discourse Analysis
Economics Understanding of Albanian High School Students: Factors Related to Achievement as Measured by Test Scores on the Test of Economic Literacy
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Bushati, Dolore – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the level of economics knowledge, overall and on specific economic concepts after Albanian 11th grade and 12th grade students completed their required economics course and investigated how economics knowledge differed by student and teacher characteristics. There were 1,509 students who participated in this research from 12…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Characteristics, Economics Education, Economics
Gender Differences in Economics--Fact or Artefact?
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Lietz, Petra; Kotte, Dieter – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1999
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
Economic Literacy in the United Kingdom and the United States: A Comparative Study.
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Whitehead, David J.; Halil, Tony – Journal of Economic Education, 1991
Describes the administration of the U.S. Test of Economic Literacy (TEL) to eleventh and twelfth grade students in the United Kingdom and the United States. Compares British and U.S. test results. Reports that British students performed better than their U.S. counterparts. Discusses differences between British and U.S. research in economics…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Economics Education, Educational Testing
Cognitive Abilities among Twelfth-Grade Students: Implications for Science Teaching.
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Valanides, Nicolaos – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1997
Differences related to formal reasoning abilities were studied with 227 12th graders in different sections (science, economics, and a unified section of common mathematics and science curricula) of four schools in Cyprus. Observed achievement differences did not correspond to differences found with cognitive measures. Results cast doubt on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Curriculum, Economics Education