IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND FACTORS LEADING TO COMPETENT ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE OF 11TH-GRADE STUDENTS, A STUDY WAS INITIATED WHICH TRIED (1) TO SHOW GAIN OR LOSS OF ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDING IN THE 11TH-GRADE U.S. HISTORY COURSE, (2) TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUMBER OF RELATED STUDENT COURSES TAKEN AND ECONOMIC LITERACY ACHIEVED, AND (3) TO…

This report summarizes the results of a study of the achievement of Illinois high school juniors in 1970 and 1981. The purposes were to provide a comparison of student performance over a period of time and to identify educational, social, and personal conditions that relate to performance on a test of Natural Science, Social Studies, English and…

In a study investigating the effects of student engagement in inquiry learning through the development of Web sites, nearly every student reported having enjoyed the project, and the majority scored an A or B for their project grade. However, neither enjoyment nor high achievement on this performance task necessarily translated into high scores on…

A project to determine the effectiveness of a program designed to create more positive attitudes among students studying social studies through use of simulation games is described in this dissertation. The purposes of the project were to describe the design and implementation of a plan for such a program and to determine whether simulation games…