School, Department, and instructor determinants of assessment methods in undergraduate economics courses

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-400

  Schaur, Georg ^a   Watts, Michael ^b   Becker, William E ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)   (Australia)

^f Institute for Economic Research (CESifo)   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; teaching; undergraduate economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862219349     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2011.20     Document Type: Article

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