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Direct linkBrückner, Sebastian; Förster, Manuel; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Walstad, William B. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The assessment of university students' economic knowledge has become an increasingly important research area within and across countries. Particularly, the different influences of prior education, native language, and gender as some of the main prerequisites on students' economic knowledge have been highlighted since long. However, the findings…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Knowledge Level, Native Language
Peer reviewedBonetti, Shane; Smith, Ian – Scottish Educational Review, 1996
Administration of the Test of Understanding in College Economics to 79 British college freshmen before and after a required introductory economics course revealed that students with little prior exposure to economics typically did not achieve the knowledge level of more experienced students by course end. Results were not affected by intelligence,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Freshmen, Economics Education
