This lesson plan was developed through "Economics International," an international program to help build economic education in the emerging market economies. It provides a lesson description; appropriate age level; economic concepts; content standards and benchmarks; related subject areas; instruction objectives; time required for…

This economics unit of study consists of 10 lessons. Each lesson sets out key terms (such as demand, scarcity, monetary costs, property rights, and cost/benefit analysis); outlines the national content standards addressed; lists objectives; provides teaching and discussion ideas; suggests sample interactive discussion problems and sample small…

This note describes a supermarket discrimination study which involves students in a controversial question of concern to them and their community, requiring the application of economic principles to achieve a basic understanding of the meaning and implications of the problem and thus providing students with "relevant" economics education. (JH)

Using a unit on personal care as an example, the author illustrates how career exploration can be integrated with subjects in the existing curriculum. A sample pre-test, field trip observation sheet, and personal interview form are included with suggestions for their use. (AG)

The problem of this investigation was to ascertain the relative effects of two teaching strategies, discovery and expository (telling), on the learning of economic concepts by first grade students, as measured by a criterion test instrument. (Author)

Direct observation of workers in an occupation is the best source of input to performance goals, even in occupations involving the affective domain. (Editor)

Objectives of a seventh grade course in physical geography and an eighth grade course in economic geography are outlined, among them is the goal of having each student comprehend the contribution each region within the Soviet Union makes to the national economy and to international development. (JB)

In the evaluated project the core of the elementary curriculum is centered around economics, although other social science disciplines are integrated into the program which emphasizes helping students to develop problem solving abilities and analytic thinking through their involvement in learning activities. (SM)

The discipline of home economics faces a greater shortage of personnel today than it did five years ago. (Author)

Use of a variety of student groupings and teaching techniques in a course designed by the authors has led to high student interest and accomplishment, as indicated by attitudinal and subject-matter tests. (IM)

A five-week experiment showed significant gains in economic understanding of second graders as a result of using the author's materials. Weekly inservice training of teachers had no (further) significant impact on student learning. (IM)

The use of undergraduate grade point averages and Quantitative Graduate Record Examination as predictors of economics graduate grade point averages was improved by introducing a School Quality Index," yielding multiple correlation coefficients of up to .50. (IM)