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Literacy Rates Analysis: An International Comparison, Macarena Arce
Literacy Rates Analysis: An International Comparison, Macarena Arce
Economics Undergraduate Honors Theses
This paper attempts to provide a more complete reckoning of the economics of literacy rates around the world. It consists on a literature review about the economic benefits and costs of literacy rates and then it shows two econometrics models that attempt to predict literacy rates based on GDP, government expenditure, and several other independent variables.
Economic Literacy: Measuring The Economic Human Capital Of Arkansas K-12 Teachers, June Marie Freund
Economic Literacy: Measuring The Economic Human Capital Of Arkansas K-12 Teachers, June Marie Freund
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Economic literacy is recognized as a deficit quality in the United States, no more prevalent than during the last great recession. It is paramount the K-12 educational system lead the movement to educate the public on economic content and issues, as it is the one institution that has direct contact with all citizens. The question then must be asked, how economic literate are teachers entrusted with the responsibility of imparting economic knowledge to his/her K-12 grade level student. A sample of Arkansas teachers at each grade level K – 12 were tested using national normed economic literacy tests designed to …