Student Preconceptions and Learning Economic Reasoning
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- Isabel Busom & Cristina Lopez-Mayan, 2015. "Student Preconceptions And Learning Economic Reasoning," UFAE and IAE Working Papers 959.15, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC).
- Isabel Busom Piquer & Cristina López-Mayán Navarrete, 2015. "Student preconceptions and learning economic reasoning," Working Papers wpdea1508, Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona.
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Keywords
economic education; student beliefs; cognitive bias; psychology; teaching of economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
- A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- Y8 - Miscellaneous Categories - - Related Disciplines
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2016-01-18 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EDU-2016-01-18 (Education)
- NEP-HPE-2016-01-18 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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