The TUCE is a test of economic literacy which is used to allow lecturers of economics to compare student performance in economics in their classes. The results of the TUCE indicated that the majority of students struggled with the questions of the TUCE. The poor economic literacy rate raised the...

We developed three hypotheses and a case study involving a sample of 203 students enrolled in four introductory microeconomics classes during the spring semesters of 2007 and 2009 to examine the effects of prior exam performance on increments for current in- and out-of-classroom efforts toward...

The education system in Italy is mainly public and highly centralised concerning both financial and regulatory aspects. However, there are significant disparities in school spending and students' performance across regions. The aim of the paper is to provide a first attempt for the Italian case...

The paper examined family background factors that affect students' academic achievement in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. With the use of structured questionnaire, data were collected from 110 first-degree final year students using random sampling and analysed through multiple...

Education is a vehicle for social change and has been linked to development. One of the goals in Education for All is the elimination of gender disparities in education by 2015. In light of EFA Goal 3, several questions were raised with regards to education in Nigeria including: 1) whether there...

The study of student enrolment decision-making or college choice behaviour is an extremely practical operation that leads to greater efficiency and effectiveness. Understanding student college choice behaviour enables institutions of higher learning to estimate the probability of student...