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Fall 2013

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 29, Number 1

The Case for Teaching Economics in American History: Assessment and the Economic Way of Thinking

M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University of Wisconsin

Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

William C. Wood, James Madison University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise29(1),2013,101–109TheCaseforTeachingEconomicsinAmericanHistory:AssessmentandtheEconomicWayofThinkingM.ScottNiederjohnLakelandCollegeMarkC.SchugUniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeWilliamC.WoodJamesMadisonUniversityAbstractThispaperarguesforteachingtheeconomicwayofthinkinginAmericanhistorycourses.Itshowshoweconomicforcesarevitalinunderstandinghistoricalevents.Thepaperalsointroduces,andreleasestootherresearchers,anewassessmentinstrumentdesignedtotesteconomicthinkingskills.Thisnewinstrumentisusedinapre-andpost-testdesigntomeasuretheeffectivenessofusingasupplementaltextoneconomicsinAmericanhistory,withmodestlypositiveresults.JELCodes:A2,N00Keywords:Economiceducation;Americanhistory;Assessment;EconomichistoryI.IntroductionHistorymatters.Itmattersnotonlybecausewecanlearnfromthepast,butbecausethepresentandthefutureareconnectedtothepastbythecontinuityofasociety’sinstitutions.–DouglassNorth(2006,p.viii)DouglassNorthunderstoodthathistorymatters.IntheresearchthatledhimtoaNobelPrizeineconomics,heshowedhowwelearnfromoureconomicpast.Historymattersbecausetheworld’smostdiversedemocracydependsonhistorytohelpbuildnationalidentity.Itmattersbecausehistoryenrichesthelivesofthepeoplewhostudyit.101

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Title	The Case for Teaching Economics in American History: Assessment and the Economic Way of Thinking
Authors/Creators:	M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University of Wisconsin Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee William C. Wood, James Madison University
Year:	2013
Volume:	29
Number:	1
Pages:	101 - 109
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Education, Economic History, American History

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Niederjohn, M. Scott; Schug, Mark C.; Wood, William C. / 2013. "The Case for Teaching Economics in American History: Assessment and the Economic Way of Thinking." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 29(1): 101-109.