'I Just Kind of Guessed': Student Constructions of Knowledge in AP Microeconomics
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| Title: | 'I Just Kind of Guessed': Student Constructions of Knowledge in AP Microeconomics |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Michael Gurlea, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Stephanie van Hover, Ariel Cornett |
| Source: | High School Journal. 2023 107(1):41-68. |
| Availability: | University of North Carolina Press. 116 South Boundary Street, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288. Tel: 800-848-6224; Tel: 919-966-7449; Fax: 919-962-2704; e-mail: uncpress@unc.edu; Web site: https://ed.unc.edu/high-school-journal/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 28 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | High School Students, Economics Education, Microeconomics, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Evaluation, Student Experience, Advanced Placement Programs, Student Centered Learning, Instructional Effectiveness |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB) |
| DOI: | 10.1353/hsj.2023.a947205 |
| ISSN: | 0018-1498 1534-5157 |
| Abstract: | This case study explored how a teacher, Ms. Walter, and her students experienced a unit of study on market structures in an Advanced Placement (AP) Microeconomics course. We employed qualitative research methods, drawing on the work of Nuthall and Alton-Lee, to connect students' experiences of classroom instruction to their reasoning on an end-of-unit multiple-choice test modeled after the AP Exam. Findings indicate a key misalignment between opportunities to learn the content during the unit and student performance on the unit test. Despite engaging in student-centered, interactive methods of instruction, students were unable to engage in the tasks required by the assessment. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1463659 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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