Economic Instruction

Vocabulary Instruction Method and Specialized Reading Comprehension: Build a Bridge or Wash it away

The present study aimed to examine and compare the impact of teaching economic terms through etymological elaboration with three more conventional methods of vocabulary instruction in ESP courses in Iran, that is, teaching through contextual definitions, L1 translation, and implicit instruction on the learners' general comprehension of economic texts and their understanding of author's opinion....

Economic Efficiency and the Distribution of Benefits from College Instruction*

Economic efficiency implies an equating, at the margin, of benefits and costs. In this paper we explore a concept of "efficiency" which is broader than the usual framework and which applies to commodities and services produced and distributed largely outside the private, profit maximizing sector. An assessment of the economic efficiency of producing such a commodity requires the determination o...

Correlate of Socio-Economic Background and Academic Performance among Senior Secondary School Government Students Using Advance Organizer Learning Strategy

The studies investigated if advance organizer learning will facilitate learning of some selected Government concepts among senior secondary school students in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study assessed the differences in the academic performances from low, middle, and high socio-economic backgrounds of students after they have been exposed to advance organizers learning strategy. The design for the...

Can Economic Ethics Be Taught?

Recent business scandals and economic upheavals have prompted calls for ethics education. This paper reports the results of three studies that explore possible effects of different types of economic ethics, i.e., ethics instruction in an economic context. Study 1 examines possible effects on fairness views of mandatory justice instruction. Study 2 measures generosity and cooperation among stude...

Reform of Economic Instruction in the Former Soviet Bloc

Symposium on the Economic Returns to Education

“The expence of the institutions of education and religious instruction is likewise, no doubt, beneficial to the whole society, and may, therefore, without injustice be defrayed by the general contributions of the whole society. This expence, however, might perhaps with equal propriety, and even with some advantage, be defrayed altogether by those who receive the immediate benefit of such educa...