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ERIC Number: EJ358688
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Effect of Economic Education Summer Institutes for Teachers on the Achievement of Their Students.
Weaver, Andrew M.; And Others
Journal of Educational Research, v80 n5 p296-99 May-Jun 1987
This study attempted to determine the effect of a teacher education seminar stressing economic concepts and methodology on the level of understanding in economics held by the students of the participants. There were 19 teachers of 440 students in the experimental group, and 12 teachers of 229 students in the control group. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economics Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Secondary Education, Student Improvement, Teacher Effectiveness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Junior High School Test of Economics; Test of Economic Literacy