Operationalisation and assessment of economic literacy
4
(7)
Factors influencing economic literacy
11
(6)
Student-level factors
11
(3)
Teacher- and school-level factors
14
(3)
Summary
17
(2)
The intended Economics curriculum in Australia
19
(12)
Design of the content analysis
20
(7)
Sampling
21
(3)
Data reduction and transformation
24
(3)
Results of the content analysis
27
(3)
Summary
30
(1)
The implemented Economics curriculum
31
(22)
The study
31
(9)
Aims and objectives
31
(1)
Target population and achieved sample
32
(6)
Data collection instruments and techniques
38
(1)
Time frame
39
(1)
Teaching practices
40
(7)
The school environment
47
(4)
Summary
51
(2)
The attained Economics curriculum
53
(42)
Student characteristics
53
(21)
Age and gender
53
(2)
Socio-economic status of home
55
(5)
Out-of-school activities
60
(5)
Subject selection by Economics students
65
(2)
Preferred types of instruction in Economics
67
(1)
Attitudes towards Economics
68
(6)
Performance levels in Economics
74
(16)
Economic literacy levels at Year 11
74
(5)
Economic literacy levels at Year 12
79
(3)
Economics achievement and means of data collection
82
(2)
Economics achievement in rural and urban areas
84
(3)
Change in achievement from Year 11 to Year 12
87
(3)
Correlations of student characteristics with achievement
90
(2)
Summary
92
(3)
Factors influencing economic literacy
95
(28)
Student-level model of factors influencing economic literacy
96
(12)
Model development
96
(5)
Analysis - Student-level model
101
(7)
School-level model of factors influencing economic literacy
108
(7)
Model development
108
(3)
Analysis - School-level model
111
(4)
Hierarchical linear model
115
(5)
Summary
120
(3)
The future of economic literacy
123
(8)
Intended is not always attained
123
(3)
Room for improvement
126
(2)
Executive summary
128
(1)
The outlook
129
(2)
References
131
(10)
Subject Index
141
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