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Examining Economics Education
Sat, April 9, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Exhibit Hall D Section CSession Type: Roundtable Session
Abstract
The papers presented in this session provide a dynamic examination of economic education that includes study in the classroom to analysis of national data. Across studies, the authors ask what constitutes worthwhile economic education and offer significant insights as to the extent to which we provide that education.
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Papers
A First Step Toward a Practice-Based Theory of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Secondary Economics - Cheryl A. Ayers, University of Virginia
A Multilevel Model to Identify Predictors of Students' Achievement on NAEP-Economics - Tina Lane Heafner, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Phillip J. VanFossen, Purdue University; Paul G. Fitchett, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
What Kind of Economic Citizen? - Ryan M. Crowley, University of Kentucky; Kathleen Owings Swan, University of Kentucky
What Are We Really Teaching? A Critical Analysis of U.S. State Elementary Economic Standards - Lynn M. Brice, University of Minnesota - Duluth; Jill Torres