Economic Education

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 21-25

  Asarta, Carlos J ^a   Butters, Roger B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b HILLSDALE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Content; Economic education; Knowledge; Literacy; Organizations; Student evaluations of teaching; Student performance; Teaching methods; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041658412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.71060-9     Document Type: Chapter

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