The Principles Courses Revisited

Abstract

In this paper we consider several factors affecting performance in principles of economics courses that have received little or no previous attention in the economic education literature. While these variables reflect a diverse group of factors, they have all become important in recent years, and are likely to remain so in the future. Specifically, we examine: 1) the effects on student learning and grades of assigning graduate student instructors who speak English as a second language; 2) the effects of alternative semester formats that change the intensity and duration of instruction in principles courses; 3) the effects of mixing freshmen and upperclassmen with sophomores who have tradi

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