references for teaching economics in history focus: understanding economics in u.s. history
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References for Teaching Economics in History
Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History
Research on Focus: U.S. History
Table 1: Descriptive Statistics for Pre- and Post-Test 1
Group
Mean Score Before U.S. History
Mean Score After U.S. History
Change in Predicted Direction?
Paired sample t-statistic
p-Value (2-Tailed Test)
Control Group
13.26(4.24)n=150
13.66(4.33)n=150
Yes (no statistically significant change)
-1.465p=0.145
Group that Used U.S. History
13.49(4.65)n=353
18.85(10.57)n=353
Yes(change is statistically significant)
-9.977p<0.000
1 Schug, M.C. & Niederjohn, M.S. (2008). Can Students Learn Economics in U.S. History? Journal of Private Enterprise, 23 (2), 167-176
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This service is now on Measuring Worth, where you can ask questions of comparative value covering prices, purchasing power, earnings, GDP, interest rates, exchange rates and other economic variables. The calculators allow you to convert past values into current values (and vice versa).
Economic History in the Popular Press Links to recent news articles discussing economic history.
Graduate Programs in Economic History For the student thinking about graduate school, EH.Net has conducted a survey of
graduate programs in Economic History. The replies are presented here. All-Ohio Economic History Seminars
An online archive of The Ohio State University Department of Economics' All-Ohio Economic History Seminar is now available.
Recent Book Reviews Great Books in Economic History
A set of two dozen review essays commissioned by EH.NET that examine books that have had a significant impact on the field of economic history.
Economic History Classics
References
Teaching Economics in U.S. History
Social Education, March 2007
Edited by Mark Schug and Richard Western
References
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
Edited by Richard Sutch and Susan Carter with contributions from 200 other scholars
Cambridge University Press
2006
References
History of the American Economy
Gary M. Walton and Hugh Rockoff
South-Western Thompson Learning
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American Economic History
Jonathan Hughes and Louis P. Cain
Pearson Education, Inc.
References
An Entrepreneurial History of the United States
Gerald Gunderson
Beard Books
References
Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books
References
Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should know About Wealth and Prosperity
James Gwartney, Richard Stroup and Dwight Lee
St. Martin’s Press
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