Transcript Teaching Economics in History

References for Teaching
Economics in History
Focus: Understanding Economics
in U.S. History
Research on Focus: U.S. History
Table 1: Descriptive Statistics for Pre- and Post-Test 1
Mean
Score
Before
U.S.
History
Mean
Score
After
U.S.
History
Change in
Predicted
Direction?
Paired
sample tstatistic
Control
Group
13.26
(4.24)
n=150
13.66
(4.33)
n=150
Yes (no
-1.465
Group
that
Used
U.S.
History
13.49
(4.65)
n=353
18.85
(10.57)
n=353
Yes
Group
statistically
significant
change)
p-Value
(2-Tailed
Test)
p=0.145
-9.977
(change is
statistically
significant)
p<0.000
1 Schug, M.C. & Niederjohn, M.S. (2008). Can Students Learn Economics in U.S.
History? Journal of Private Enterprise, 23 (2), 167-176
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References
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Teaching Economics
in U.S. History
 Social Education,
March 2007
 Edited by Mark
Schug and Richard
Western
References
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Historical Statistics of the
United States: Millennial
Edition
Edited by Richard Sutch
and Susan Carter with
contributions from 200
other scholars
Cambridge University
Press
2006
References
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History of the
American Economy
Gary M. Walton and
Hugh Rockoff
South-Western
Thompson Learning
References
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American Economic
History
Jonathan Hughes
and Louis P. Cain
Pearson Education,
Inc.
References
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An Entrepreneurial
History of the United
States
Gerald Gunderson
Beard Books
References
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Basic Economics: A
Citizen's Guide to
the Economy
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books
References
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Common Sense
Economics: What
Everyone Should
know About Wealth
and Prosperity
 James Gwartney,
Richard Stroup and
Dwight Lee
St. Martin’s Press
www.commonsenseeconomics.com
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