The authors argue that being financially educated means more than being financially
literate, and that financial education can and should be seen as a proper subset of economic …

The authors introduce a test of economic competence for German-speaking secondary
school students and provide evidence from a large-scale assessment with 6,230 students …

Decision making competence is a central objective of economic education in general and
financial education in particular. Children and young people should be enabled to make the …

We employ a psychometrically validated performance test to study economic competence
among representative sample of 1,687 early secondary school students in Southwest …

Over the past few years financial literacy has gained increasing public attention in Germany.
Because of the various political approaches regarding education in Germany's 16 federal …

One goal of environmental civic education is preparing students, both as citizens and as
professionals, to use effective arguments in public debates. Such debates include …

Various studies have examined how the study of economics affects students' views on
economic phenomena, yet there is little evidence regarding its impact on teenagers. We …

Changes in the economy and society lead to a growing necessity of financial education. In
this context, we investigate the approaches to financial education in secondary schools in …

Financial markets grow more and more important for society and its members. People,
including school students, should meet these current as well as future competence …

Knowledge of economics is becoming essential for citizens to adapt to economic life.
Against this backdrop, the economic education of young people in the general education …