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The new issue of the Journal of Economic Education is now available. I was particularly happy to see an article by Donna Gilleskie and Mike Salemi that eases my mind a bit about how I teach Principles: in "The Cost of Economic Literacy: How Well Does a Literacy-Targeted Principles of Economics Course Prepare Students for Intermediate Theory Courses?", they find that "students who complete a literacy-targeted principles course perform no worse in intermediate theory courses than students who complete a traditional principles course."

Table of contents:
The Cost of Economic Literacy: How Well Does a Literacy-Targeted Principles of Economics Course Prepare Students for Intermediate Theory Courses?
Donna B. Gilleskie and Michael K. Salemi

The Effects of a Translation Bias on the Scores for the Basic Economics Test
Jinsoo Hahn and Kyungho Jang

Does Living Near Classmates Help Introductory Economics Students Get Better Grades?
Jeffrey Parker

Sources of Funding and Academic Performance in Economics Principles Courses
Dagney Faulk, Arun K. Srinivasan and Jon Bingham

Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research: A Protocol for Documenting Data Management and Analysis
Richard Ball and Norm Medeiros

Following Zahka: Using Nobel Prize Winners’ Speeches and Ideas to Teach Economics
Martin P. Shanahan, John K. Wilson and William E. Becker

Classroom Experiment on Banking
Mary Mathewes Kassis, Denise Hazlett and Jolanda E. Ygosse Battisti

Starting Point: Pedagogic Resources for Teaching and Learning Economics
Mark H. Maier, KimMarie McGoldrick and Scott P. Simkins

Active-Learning Exercises for Principles of Economics Courses
Oskar R. Harmon and James Lambrinos

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