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Making sense of financial education
Klein, Valerie - 2007
A major area of concern for sociologists and economists who study poverty and inequality is the financial well being of low-income individuals as measured by their opportunities to participate in what is considered the "mainstream financial market." Scholars suggest that a myriad of factors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438451
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Teaching Statistics in a Spreadsheet Environment Using Simulation
Barr, Graham D; Scott, Leanne - 2011
The authors’ experiences with a new teaching approach in an introductory statistics course involving some 1200 first … teaching of statistics within a spreadsheet environment whereby students are, inter alia, required to master the basics of MS … exploring the statistical distributions of a number of pieces of information generated by the students. Teaching sessions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441796
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Identifying key competences of industrial design and technology graduates in small and medium-sized enterprises
Garner, Steve; Duckworth, Adrian - 1999
Industrial design graduates can be true ‘agents of change’ in manufacturing industry andnowhere is this potential more valuable than in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)where flexibility and speed of response are essential and which make up 94% of the UK economy.However, little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461161
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Pedagogical innovations in sustainable development: Fair trade in the classroom
Lewis, Katrina; Dickinson, Torry; Lewis, Summer - 2009
groups that work with women-owned cooperatives in Mexico and Nicaragua. By teaching nonviolence studies, this educator helps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464025