2009 outstanding AFCPESPI® conference paper teachers' background and capacity to teach personal finance: Results of a national study

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 64-78

  Way, Wendy L ^a   Holden, Karen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial literacy education; Personal finance; Teacher readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958795344     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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