Michio Yamaoka
Biographic Data
| ID | 3942276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michio Yamaoka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michio |
| FAMILY NAME | Yamaoka |
| SIGNATURE | YAMAOKA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Waseda University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Macroeconomic knowledge of higher education students in Germany and Japan – a multilevel analysis of contextual and personal effects
Recent trends towards harmonising and internationalising business and economics studies in higher education are affecting the structure and content of programmes and courses, and necessitate more transparent and comparable information on students’ economic knowledge and skills. In this study, we examine by linear multilevel regression modelling the current state of macroeconomic knowledge of higher education students in Germany and Japan, while c…
Gender Effects in Assessment of Economic Knowledge and Understanding
Gender effects in large-scale assessments have become an increasingly important research area within and across countries. Yet few studies have linked differences in assessment results of male and female students in higher education to construct-relevant features of the target construct. This paper examines gender effects on students’ economic content knowledge with a focus on construct-relevant explanations. Moreover, we compare gender effects c…
How to reason with economic concepts
The authors administered a Japanese version of the Test of Understanding in College Economics, the fourth edition (TUCE-4) to assess the economic literacy of Japanese undergraduate students in 2006 and 2009. These two test results were combined to investigate students' cognitive process or reasoning with specific economic concepts and principles as measured by the TUCE-4 micro and macro exams. At first, the authors conducted preliminary analyses …
Personal Financial Literacy among High School Students in New Zealand, Japan and the USA
Personal financial literacy is becoming increasingly important in the modern world, especially for young people. In this article, the authors compare the financial literacy of high school students in Hamilton, New Zealand, with samples from Japan and the USA. The authors compare not only overall financial literacy, but also literacy across five dimensions (or ‘themes’) of financial literacy and across three cognitive levels. They find that financ…
Personal Financial Literacy among High School Students in New Zealand, Japan and the USA
Personal financial literacy is becoming increasingly important in the modern world, especially for young people. In this article, the authors compare the financial literacy of high school students in Hamilton, New Zealand, with samples from Japan and the USA. The authors compare not only overall financial literacy, but also literacy across five dimensions (or ‘themes’) of financial literacy and across three cognitive levels. They find that financ…
How to reason with economic concepts
The authors administered a Japanese version of the Test of Understanding in College Economics, the fourth edition (TUCE-4) to assess the economic literacy of Japanese undergraduate students in 2006 and 2009. These two test results were combined to investigate students' cognitive process or reasoning with specific economic concepts and principles as measured by the TUCE-4 micro and macro exams. At first, the authors conducted preliminary analyses …
Personal Financial Literacy among High School Students in New Zealand, Japan and the USA
Personal financial literacy is becoming increasingly important in the modern world, especially for young people. In this article, the authors compare the financial literacy of high school students in Hamilton, New Zealand, with samples from Japan and the USA. The authors compare not only overall financial literacy, but also literacy across five dimensions (or ‘themes’) of financial literacy and across three cognitive levels. They find that financ…
Gender Effects in Assessment of Economic Knowledge and Understanding
Gender effects in large-scale assessments have become an increasingly important research area within and across countries. Yet few studies have linked differences in assessment results of male and female students in higher education to construct-relevant features of the target construct. This paper examines gender effects on students’ economic content knowledge with a focus on construct-relevant explanations. Moreover, we compare gender effects c…
How to reason with economic concepts
The authors administered a Japanese version of the Test of Understanding in College Economics, the fourth edition (TUCE-4) to assess the economic literacy of Japanese undergraduate students in 2006 and 2009. These two test results were combined to investigate students' cognitive process or reasoning with specific economic concepts and principles as measured by the TUCE-4 micro and macro exams. At first, the authors conducted preliminary analyses …
Macroeconomic knowledge of higher education students in Germany and Japan – a multilevel analysis of contextual and personal effects
Recent trends towards harmonising and internationalising business and economics studies in higher education are affecting the structure and content of programmes and courses, and necessitate more transparent and comparable information on students’ economic knowledge and skills. In this study, we examine by linear multilevel regression modelling the current state of macroeconomic knowledge of higher education students in Germany and Japan, while c…
Psychology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Innovations in Educational Methods (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics education (2 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Literacy (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works)