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Download full textFinkelstein, Neal; Hanson, Thomas; Huang, Chun-Wei; Hirschman, Becca; Huang, Min – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
Since 1995, the Buck Institute has partnered with university economists and expert teachers to create the Problem Based Economics curriculum. The curriculum was developed to respond to NCEE (National Council on Economic Education) standards, and it is supported by professional development for teachers. This study examines whether the Problem Based…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Problem Based Learning, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
Finkelstein, Neal; Hanson, Thomas; Huang, Chun-Wei; Hirschman, Becca; Huang, Min – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This study examines whether the Problem Based Economics curriculum developed by the Buck Institute for Education improves grade 12 students' content knowledge as measured by the Test of Economic Literacy, a test refined by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) over decades. Students' problem-solving skills in economics were also…
Descriptors: Test Items, Intervention, Economics Education, Problem Based Learning
Peer reviewedMinchella, Dennis J.; Yazvac, Cher W.; Fodrea, Rex A.; Ball, Greg – American Biology Teacher, 2002
Describes a freshman seminar course designed to help students develop academic and intellectual survival skills and adjust to university life and increase academic success as well as increase retention rates. (YDS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Problem Solving, School Holding Power
Peer reviewedSchunk, Dale H.; Cox, Paula D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
An experiment investigated: (1) how verbalization of subtraction with regrouping operations influenced learning disabled students' self-efficacy and skillful performance; and (2) explored how effort-attributional feedback affected achievement behaviors. Continuous feedback led to high self-efficacy and skillful performance, and effort feedback…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Correlation, Elementary Education
