Selected References

Selected references related to the
Mini-Society instructional system and to entrepreneurship

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References Related to the Mini-Society®
Instructional System and to Entrepreneurship

Acs, Z. J., & Audretsch, D. B. (1992). The social and economic impact of entrepreneurship. In D. L. Sexton & J. D. Kasarda (Eds.), The State of the Art of Entrepreneurship (pp. 45-67). Boston, MA: PWS-KENT Publishing Company.

Banaszak, R. E. (1990). Economics and entrepreneurship education for young adolescents. In C. A. Kent (Ed.), Entrepreneurship Education: Current Developments, Future Directions (pp. 165-181). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.

Bloom, B. S., Engelhart, M. D., Furst, E. J., MR, W. H., Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook 1: Cognitive Domain. New York: Longman.

Brenneke, J. S. (1990). Case studies and other student-based programs in entrepreneurship programs. In C. A. Kent (Ed.), Entrepreneurship Education: Current Developments, Future Directions (pp. 231-242). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.

Carlson, S. R. (1994). Entrepreneurship Education for the Multiple Cognitive-Developmental Levels of Third Graders: Differential Impacts of Three Experience-Based Programs. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.

Cassuto, A. E. (1980). The effectiveness of the elementary school mini-society program. The Journal of Economic Education, 11 (2), 5 9-6 1.

Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (1994a). Mini-Society/YESS! Elementary School Curriculum: Assessment Results at the Third Grade Level in the Greater Kansas City Area. (Available from Institute for Entrepreneurship Education, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Inc., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO.)

Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (1994b). Mini-Society/YESS! Elementary School Curriculum Outcome Evaluation: Assessment Results at the Fourth and Fifth Grade Levels in the Greater Kansas City Area. (Available from Institute for Entrepreneurship Education, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Inc., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO.)

Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (1994c). Mini-Society/YESS! Program Evaluation: Results of Follow-Up Interviews. (Available from Institute for Entrepreneurship Education, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Inc., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO.)

Department of Education (1991). America 2000: An Education Strategy. Washington, D.C..

Dewey, J. (1902). The Child and the Curriculum. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Dewey, J. (1933). How We Think. (2nd ed.). Boston: D. C. Heath and Company.

Dewey, J. (1937). Appreciation and cultivation. Harvard Educational Review. 7 (3), 347-352.

Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and Education. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

Dewey, J. (1963). The School and Society . (20th ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Original work published in 1899)

Ellington, L., & Beattie, W. M. (1991). DEEP in a rural school district: The Marion County, Tennessee, experience. In W. B. Walstad & J. C. Soper (Eds.), Effective Economic Education (pp. 254-264). Washington, D.C.: National Education Association of the United States and Joint Council on Economic Education.

Gallup Organization, Inc. & National Center for Research in Economic Education. (1994). Entrepreneurship and Small Business in the United States: A Survey Report on the Views of the General Public, High School Students, and Small Business Owners and Managers. (Available from Institute for Entrepreneurship Education, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO.)

Gilder, G. (1992). Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise. San Francisco, CA: ICS Press.

Graff, E. E. (1982). Economic Reasoning and Decision-Making of Third and Fourth Graders. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.

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Hopkins, M. C. (1989). Using Mini-Society to Teach the Florida Minimum Objectives in Economics. Unpublished masters thesis, University of West Florida.

Kent, C. A. (1990a). Integrating entrepreneurship in the secondary curriculum: Economics and other courses. In C.A. Kent (Ed.) Entrepreneurship Education: Current Developments, Future Trends (pp. 185-197). New York: Quorum Books.

Kent, C. A. (I 990b). Entrepreneurship/economics/education in the urban environment: The E3 project. In C. A. Kent (Ed.), Entrepreneurship Education: Current Developments, Future Directions (pp. 217-282). Washington, D.C.: National Education Association of the United States and Joint Council on Economic Education.

Koon, S. (1995). The Relationship of Implementation of an Entrepreneurial Development Innovation to Student Outcomes. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Kourilsky, M. L. (1974). Beyond Simulation: The Mini-Society Approach to Instruction in Economics and Other Social Sciences. Los Angeles, CA: Educational Resource Associates, Inc.

Kourilsky, M. L. (1976). Perceived versus actual risk-taking in mini-societies. Social Studies, 67 (5), 191-197.

Kourilsky, M. L. (1977). The kinder-economy: A case study of kindergarten pupils' acquisition of economic concepts. The Elementary School Journal, 77 (3), 182-191.

Kourilsky, M. L. (1979). Optimal intervention: An empirical investigation of the role of the teacher in experience-based instruction. The Journal of Experimental Education , 47 (4), 339-345.

Kourilsky, M. L. (1980). Predictors of entrepreneurship in a simulated economy. Journal of Creative Behavior, 14 (3), 175-198.

Kourilsky, M. L. (1981). Economic socialization of children: Attitude toward the distribution of rewards. Journal of Social Psychology, 115, 45-57.

Kourilsky, M. L. (1990). Entrepreneurial thinking and behavior: What role the classroom? In C.A. Kent (Ed.) Entrepreneurship Education: Current Developments, Future Directions (pp. 13 7-152). New York: Quorum Books

Kourilsky, M. L. (1992). KinderEconomy+: A Multi-Disciplinary Curriculum for the Primary Grades. New York, NY: Joint Council on Economic Education.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Ballard-Campbell, M. (1984a). Sex differences in a simulated classroom economy. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 10 (1-2), 53-66.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Ballard-Campbell, M. (1984b). Mini-society: An individualized social studies program for children of low, middle, and high ability. The Social Studies , 75 (5), 224-228.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Campbell, M. (1981). The influence of instructional intervention on entrepreneurial attitudes of elementary school children. In D.L. Sexton & P.M. Van Auken (Eds.), Entrepreneurship Education (pp. 42-50). TX Baylor University Press.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Carlson, S. R. (1995). Mini-society and YESS!: Learning theory in action. Children’s Social and Economics Education, 1 (2), 1996.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Graff, E. E. (1986). Children's use of cost-benefit analysis: Developmental or non-existent. In S. Hodkinson & D. Whitehead (Eds.) Economic Education: Research and Development Issues (pp. 127-139). Essex, England: Longman Group, Ltd..

Kourilsky, M. L., & Hirshleifer, J. (1976). Mini-society vs. token economy: An experimental comparison of the effects on learning and autonomy of socially emergent and imposed behavior modification. Journal of Educational Research, 69 (10), 376-381.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Kehret-Ward, T. (1984). Kindergartners' attitudes toward distributive justice: Experiential mediators. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly , 30 (1), 49-64.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Keislar, E. (1983). The effect of the success-oriented teacher on pupils’ perceived personal control and attitude toward learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology , 8 (2), 158-167.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Murray T. (1981). The use of economic reasoning to increase satisfaction with family decision-making. Journal of Consumer Research, 8, 183-188.

Kourilsky, M. L., & Ortiz (1985). The mini-society and mathematical reasoning: An exploratory study. Social Studies Review, 13 , 37-48.

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Ortiz, E. G. (1982). Mathematical Reasoning and Economic Cognition of Third and Fourth Grade Students: A Case Study of the Mini-Society Instructional System. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.

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