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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Test of Economic Literacy and an Evaluation of the DEEP System.
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Soper, John C.; Brenneke, Judith Staley – Journal of Economic Education, 1981
Compares traditional and recent tests used to measure economic literacy at the secondary school level. Suggests that the new Test of Economic Literacy provides a badly needed replacement for previous tests such as the TEL and relates how the Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP) affects academic achievement in economics. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Economics, Economics Education
Scholastic Effort: An Empirical Test of Student Choice Models.
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Prince, Raymond; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1981
This article presents a report on student effort in economics courses based on time and the efficiency of its use. Information is presented on explanatory variables in each of the several learning models tested, theoretical basis for recent empirical student learning, definitions of student input, and the student-choice model proposed by Richard…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics, Economics Education, Higher Education