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Emphasizing intergroup education in home economics education
Home economics is primarily concerned with the improvement or home and family living. Its unique function in the educational system today is to help students develop in such ways as to contribute their best to living 1n a democratic world.
Hendrick, Lucy Fulgham
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The Double Paradox of Elementary Economics Education [PDF]
Elementary economics textbooks have become less attractive to students requiring only an introduction to economics, given that their content is pervaded by mathematical diagrams and simple equations.
Pol, Eduardo, Carroll, Peter
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Using popular science talks to foster interest in Economics among high school students
Research in Education and Learning Innovation ArchivesThe declining interest in Economics majors in many countries among high school students and the lack of diversity of undergraduates in this field have recently become a source of concern for the academic community.
Javier Sierra +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Learning from physics education research: Lessons for economics education
We believe that economists have much to learn from educational research practices and related pedagogical innovations in other disciplines, in particular physics education.
Simkins, Scott P., Maier, Mark H.
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The Dog ATE my Economics Homework! Estimates of the Average Effect of Treating Hawaii’s Public High School Students with Economics* [PDF]
Hawaii is one of 27 states that do not require testing of public high school students regarding their understanding of economics. We report results for the first economics test administered to a large sample of students in Hawaii public high schools ...
Kimberly Burnett, Sumner La Croix
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Student perceptions on the quality of economics and accounting education at UWS
, 2011 The Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) is becoming increasingly important in processes and systems in assuring the quality of learning and teaching (L&T) outcomes.
Ellis, Craig (R13436) +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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