The Longitudinal Effects of Economic Education on Teachers and Their Students

Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: Volume 30, No. 2

Issue: Spring 1999

Pages: 99-111

Author(s): Sam Allgood (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) and William B. Walstad (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)

Address (Principal Author):Sam Allgood, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0402, (402) 472-2333, fax: (402) 472-9700

Internet Address (Principal Author):sallgood@unlinfo.unl.edu

Title: The Longitudinal Effects of Economic Education on Teachers and Their Students

Abstract: A three year master's degree program in economics is shown to have beneficial effects on both the understanding of the participating teachers and their students. Two outcome measures are used: a standardized test and a measure of the degree to which teachers think like economists.