How prior economic education influences beginning university students' knowledge of economics

R Happ, O Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia… - Empirical Research in …, 2018 - Springer
Background When beginning higher education studies in business and economics students
bring with them diverse knowledge and experience in the field, which could affect their …

Assessing the previous economic knowledge of beginning students in Germany: Implications for teaching economics in basic courses

R Happ, M Förster… - Citizenship, Social …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Study-related prior knowledge plays a decisive role in business and economics degree
courses. Prior knowledge has a significant influence on knowledge acquisition in higher …

Results from the test of economic literacy in Germany and Japan: A critical discussion on the gender effect

R Happ, M Kato, I Rüter - Citizenship, Social and Economics …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
University lecturers and coordinators of business and economics courses around the world
are faced with the challenge that beginning students in these courses have heterogeneous …

The relationship among gender, interest in economic topics, media use, and the economic knowledge of students at vocational schools

M Förster, R Happ - Citizenship, Social and Economics …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The results of numerous studies indicate that male students achieve better results on
economic knowledge tests than their female classmates. Although this phenomenon has …

Challenges in Understanding Western Economic and Financial Concepts from the Perspective of Young Adults with a Post-Soviet Migration Background in Germany …

S Heidel, R Happ - Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2023 - mdpi.com
The content of economic education in Germany is based largely on the laws and ideals of
the prevailing economic system. While Western concepts such as the competitive market …

Is economics a man's business? Exploring the long-term effects of the gender gap in economic competencies at the upper secondary level on students' choice to study …

M Jüttler, S Schumann - Citizenship, Social and Economics …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In higher education, across countries, a large share of students choose to study economics.
Although there is only a small difference in the share of female and male students in that …

Same-sex role model effects in education

A de Gendre, J Feld, N Salamanca, U Zölitz - 2023 - econstor.eu
We study same-sex role model effects of teachers with a meta-analysis and our own study of
three million students in 90 countries. Both approaches show that role model effects on …

Measuring financial literacy with a Situational Judgement Test: do some groups really perform worse or is it the measuring instrument?

E Wuttke, C Siegfried, C Aprea - Empirical Research in Vocational …, 2020 - Springer
Due to current trends in society and economy, financial literacy is often considered as an
important twenty-first century skill. However, regardless of the postulated relevance, studies …

The correlation between vocational school students' test motivation and the performance in a standardized test of economic knowledge: using direct and indirect …

R Happ, M Förster - Empirical Research in Vocational Education and …, 2018 - Springer
Background In this study, the correlation between test motivation and performance on an
economic knowledge test was investigated. To this end, the economic knowledge of 1018 …

Teachers' Interpretation of the Cultural Relevancy of MoneySKILL®

TA Lucey, ES White, A André - Education and Urban Society, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A comprehensive approach to financial literacy education necessitates an understanding of
the degree to which curriculum is relevant for students from various cultural backgrounds …