REED Database - Variables

The major variables used in the study will be listed in four general categories: (1) student; (2) teacher; (3) course; and (4) environmental. If a variable cannot be categorized it will be listed in the OTHER category.

Example: ACAD, AGE, ADMIN

Student Variables

• (ABSENCE) Absences
• (ACAD) Academic Program
• (ACH-E) Achievement-Economics(also see specific test)
• (ACH-G) Achievement-General(also see specific test)
• (AGE) Age
• (APT) Aptitude
• (ATT) Attitudes/Interest/Opinions(also see specific test)
• (BIRTHPOS) Birth position in family
• (CLASS) Grade Level
• (COLLEGE) College in Which Student is Enrolled
• (CRED) Credits
• (CULTURE)
• (DOGMATISM) Degree of dogmatism
• (EAS) Economic Attitude Sophistication
• (EFF) Effort
• (EMPLOY) Outside of School employment
• (ENJ) Enjoyment of Course
• (EXPGR) Expected Grade
• (FINAID) Student receiving financial aid
• (FOREIGN) Foreign Student
• (FSIZE) Family size
• (GOAL) Career Goal
• (GPA) Grade Point Average
• (GRAD) Graduate Student
• (INCOME) Income
• (INT) Interest in economics
• (IQ) Intelligence Quotient
• (JC) Junior College Student
• (JOURNALS) Read magazines and newspapers
• (LEARN) Liberal Arts Enrollee
• (LSTYLE) Learning Style
• (MARITAL) Marital Status
• (MIN) Minority Student
• (MJR) Major
• (MOT) Motivation
• (MOVES) Number of moves during childhood
• (OCC) Occupation
• (POLPARTY) Political Party
• (PRIOR) Prior Courses in Economics
• (PROB) Probationary Status
• (RACE) Race
• (RANK) Percentage Rank in School
• (READECON) Read Economics
• (READLEV) Reading Level
• (REL) Religion
• (REP) Course Repeaters
• (RETENTION) Percentage of materials retained
• (RMC) Reading/Math Composite Score
• (SCHAR) General Student Characteristics
• (SCORE) Score of a Student on a particular test
• (SEMHRS) Semester Hours
• (SES) Socio-economic Status
• (SEX) Sex
• (SKILLS)
• (SIB) Number of Siblings
• (SOCSCI) Number of Social Science Hours
• (SRANK) Spearman Rank Correlation
• (TIME) Time
• (TRANS) College Transfer
• (TSP) Score on a Multiple Choice Test
• (URBAN) City Student
• (VAC) Vacation Experience
• (WORKSHOP) Workshop Participant
• (OTHER)

Teacher Variables

• (ABLT) Faculty Ability
• (ADMIN) Administrative Duties
• (ADVISE) Thesis and Dissertation Advising
• (CITATIONS) Number of Times Cited in Articles
• (DIFF) Level of Difficulty of Instruction
• (EDUCATION) Highest Level of Education Attained
• (FACSIZE) Faculty Size
• (FIELD) Field of Study Instructor is in
• (INSTCHAR) Instructor Characteristics
• (INSTEXP) Instructor Experience
• (INSTINT) Instructor Interest
• (INSTORG) Instructor Organization
• (IPCF) Award Winning Teachers in Economics
• (METHINST) Method of Instruction
• (MONOGRAPHS)
• (PROFACT) Professional Activity
• (PUBL) Number of Publications
• (QI) Quality of Instruction
• (RESEARCH) Emphasis in Research
• (SALARY)
• (SCOR) Teacher Score on Particular Test
• (SET) Student Evaluation of Teacher
• (STRICT) Strictness
• (TA) Teaching Assistant
• (TCHAR) General Teacher Characteristics
• (TEACHING) Emphasis in Teaching
• (TEACHTYPE) Type of Teacher
• (TEACHUNDER) Teacher Understanding
• (TSTYLE) Teaching Style
• (TTRAINING) Teacher Training
• (TYPEPROF) Type of Professor

Course Variables

• (AUDIOS) Audio Visual Materials
• (BUSINESS) Business Course
• (CAI) Computer Assisted Instruction
• (CGRADE) Course Grade
• (COMP) Computer Assisted Course
• (CMI) Case Method Instruction
• (CSIZE) Class Size
• (CT) Class Type
• (CURR) Curriculum Used
• (DEEP) Developmental Economic Education Program
• (DEPARTMENT) Department in College
• (DIFCOUR) Difficulty of the Course
• (DISCUSSION) Discussion Course
• (ECON) Hours of Economics Taught
• (GIVE & TAKE) Give & Take Instruction
• (INTERM) Intermediate Economics Course
• (INTRO) Introductory Economics Course
• (LAB) Laboratory Class
• (LECTURE) Lecture Class
• (MACRO) Macroeconomics Class
• (MATH) High School Math Course
• (MB) Money & Banking Course
• (MICRO) Microeconomics Class
• (MINISOC) Minisociety
• (MORN) Morning Course
• (NOTES) Lecture Notes
• (OBJ) Objectives of the course
• (ONESEM) One Semester Course
• (PACE) Pace of Learning
• (PED) Type of Pedagogy Used
• (PI) Programmed Instruction
• (POINTS) Number of Quiz Forms Attempted
• (PRIN) Principles Course Student
• (PROBLEM SOLVING)
• (PSI) Personalized System of Instruction
• (QCOUR) Quality of Course
• (REQ) Required Course
• (SAT) Saturday Class
• (SIM) Simulation Class
• (SPI) Self-Paced Instruction
• (STATISTICS) Statistics Course
• (TCOURSE) Type of Course
• (TEACH) Teacher Course
• (TELE) Television Course
• (TEXT) Type of Textbook Used
• (THEORY) Theory Course Student
• (TIMESP) Time Spent Teaching
• (TIPS) Teaching Information Process System
• (TMATERIAL) Type of Instructional Material
• (TRADE-OFFS) Trade-offs Course
• (TWOSEM) Two Semester Course
• (OTHER)

Environmental Variables

• (AVPS) Assessed Valuation Per Student
• (CEPP) Current Expenditure Per Pupil
• (COUNTRY) Country
• (ENR) Enrollment
• (ENVIRON) Student Environment
• (LOC) Location
• (MARKET) Influence of Outside Market
• (PE) Parents Education
• (POP) Population of the Area
• (REGION) Region of the Country
• (SEM) Semester
• (SEQ) Sequencing
• (SQUAL) School Quality
• (SUB) Suburban School District
• (SSIZE) School Enrollment
• (URB) Urban School District
• (OTHER)

Test Variables

Refer to the Measurement Instruments Section

Other Variables

• (ATTEMPTS) Total number of quizzes attempted
• (CONCEPTS) Economic Concepts
• (CONEXP) Control/Experimental Group
• (CRIT) Critical Thinking Appraisal
• (DATE) Date of Test
• (EQUATIONS) Number of Equations in Article
• (EVAL) Evaluation Form
• (FORM) Form of a Particular Test
• (GRAPH) Graphical Analysis
• (INSTITUTIONS) Institutional Approach
• (JA) Article was Written by Joint Authors
• (MASTERS) Masters Program
• (PAGES) Number of Pages in Article/Text
• (PHD) Doctorate Program
• (PRETEST) Pretest Score
• (TABLE) Number of Tables in Article
• (TOPIC) Topic of Journal Article
• (QUANT) Degree of Quantification
• (S/F) Student/Faculty Ratio
• (SCORE) Score on a Particular Test
• (SOFTWARE)
• (TYPEINST) Type of Institution
• (TSCHOOL) Type of School
• (WRITESTYLE) Writing Style
• (YEAR) Year of Study
• (OTHER)