Behavior and Performance in the Economics Classroom

James McClure and Lee Spector

No 199701, Working Papers from Ball State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: The relationships between classroom performance and student characteristics such as grade point average and gender have been the subject of much analysis in economic education. Heretofore, student behavior in the economics classroom has not been among the characteristics studied. Using newly collected data, this paper presents empirical evidence regarding two sets of student behaviors: "inattentiveness" and "boorishness." Controlling for other factors, a significant, negative relationship was found between inattentiveness and performance. Although boorishness was not significant, estimated coefficients for gender and grade point average were significant and consistent with the economic education literature. Our results suggest the potential fruitfulness of future research on classroom behavior.

Pages: 7 pages
Date: 1997-01, Revised 2003-01
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Published in Educational Research Quarterly 27 no. 1 (2003): pp. 15-23.

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