Do graphs promote learning in principles of economics?

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 299-310

  Cohn, Elchanan ^a   Cohn, Sharon ^b   Balch, Donald C ^a   Bradley, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Educational researcher ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

College; Graphs; Learning; Lecture; Math skills; Principles of economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035597003     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220480109596110     Document Type: Article

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