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Spring 2008

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 23, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2008 | Education

Can Students Learn Economics in U.S. History?

M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University Wisconsin

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise23(2),2008,167-176CanStudentsLearnEconomicsinU.S.History?M.ScottNiederjohn*LakelandCollegeMarkC.SchugUniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeAbstractEconomiceducatorsaredividedintotwomaincampsregardingeconomicsingradesK-12.Onegroupadvocatesthateconomicsshouldbeinfusedintorelatedsubjects.Thesecondadvocatesthateconomicsshouldbetaughtasastand-alonecourse.ThisstudyfocusedonteachingeconomicsinU.S.history.Itusedapre-andpost-testdesigntomeasurechangesintheeconomicknowledgeof503highschoolstudents.Thescoresofthetreatmentgroupshowedstatisticallysignificantgainswhilethecontrolgroupshowednochange.Thissuggeststhatthedeliberateteachingofeconomicsinnon-economicsclassescanenhancestudents'understandingofeconomics.I.IntroductionFordecades,economiceducatorshavedebatedthebestapproachforincludingeconomicsintheK-12schoolcurriculum.Isitbesttoinfuseeconomicsintootherrelatedsubjects,suchassocialstudiesormathematics?Oristobesttoteacheconomicsasastand-alonecourseatthehighschoollevel,mostoftenatgrades11or12?Thispapershedssomenewlightonthisdebate.ItreportshowthelessonsfromFocus:UnderstandingEconomicsinU.S.Histog,a2006publicationbytheNationalCouncilonEconomicEducation,influencestudentknowledgeofeconomicswhenusedbyteacherstrainedtousetheprogram.Thisstudyusedapre-andpost-testdesigntomeasurethechangesinknowledgeof503highschoolstudents:353inthetreatmentgroupand150inthecontrolgroup.*Apreviousversionofthispaperwaspresentedatthe2007AssociationofPrivateEnterpriseEducationconference.TheauthorswishtothankMarkusSavaglioforhisresearchassistance.167

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Title	Can Students Learn Economics in U.S. History?
Authors/Creators:	M. Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University Wisconsin
Year:	2008
Volume:	23
Number:	2
Pages:	167 - 176
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Economic education, History, Teaching, K-12 Education

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Niederjohn, M. Scott / 2008. "Can Students Learn Economics in U.S. History?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 23(2): 167-176.