Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ709837
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan-1
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
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The Preparation and Experience of Advanced Placement in Economics Instructors
Scahill, Edward M.; Melican, Claire
Journal of Economic Education, v36 n1 p93 Win 2005
The authors summarize the results of a survey of 1,365 instructors of advanced placement (AP) economics courses; responses were received from 296 instructors (21.7 percent). The authors discuss the respondents' textbook preferences, graduate and undergraduate backgrounds, teaching experiences, and evaluations of nontextbook teaching materials.
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Economics Education, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, High School Students, Advanced Students, Advanced Courses, Textbooks, Teacher Qualifications
Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Web site: http://www.heldref.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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