Editor note on submission guidelines and financial education

The Journal of Economic Education publishes articles on the teaching and learning of economics in its five sections: research, content, instruction, features and information, and online. The articles primarily focus on undergraduate education in economics, but some also report on economic education in elementary and secondary schools, or discuss graduate education in economics.

Below are articles on submission guidelines for JEE sections written by JEE associate editors; they are listed in the order that their sections appear in each issue. Anyone considering submitting a JEE article should read the guidelines for the target section. The guidelines should help prepare a quality article, and avoid mistakes or practices that can lead to rejection.

• Allgood, S. 2014. Publishing research in the JEE. Journal of Economic Education 45 (3): 277–83.
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• Colander, D., R. Goldfarb, C. Rothschild, and M. Setterfield. 2014. A guide for “JEE content” submissions. Journal of Economic Education 45 (2): 159–65.
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• McGoldrick, K. 2014. A guide for submission to the JEE instruction section. Journal of Economic Education 45 (2): 166–73.
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• Emerson, T. L. N. 2014. Anyone? Anyone? A guide to submissions on classroom experiments. Journal of Economic Education 45 (2): 174–79.
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• Hoyt, G. M. 2014. A guide for submissions to the Features and Information section—A wealth of opportunities. Journal of Economic Education 45 (4): 347–75.
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• Goffe, W. L. 2014. Submissions to the online section of the JEE. Journal of Economic Education 45 (2): 180–81.
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As a new initiative, the JEE encourages submission of articles on financial education. What is of particular interest to the JEE are studies of personal finance education for children, youth, college or university students, and adults. Submitted articles should be well-connected to financial education in schools, colleges and universities, or the workplace. The articles also should follow the submission guidelines for the targeted JEE section. The JEE will not publish studies on (1) financial literacy or financial behavior unrelated to financial education; and (2) studies on undergraduate finance courses or topics unrelated to personal finance or economics. The references below list recently published JEE studies on financial education:

• Carlin, B. I., and D. T. Robinson. 2012. What does financial literacy training teach us? Journal of Economic Education 43 (3): 235–47.
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• Collins, J. M., and E. Odders-White. 2015. A framework for developing and testing financial capability education programs targeted to elementary schools. Journal of Economic Education 46 (1): 105–20.
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• Erner, C., M. Goedde-Menke, and M. Oberste. 2016. Financial literacy of high school students: Evidence from Germany. Journal of Economic Education 47 (2): 95–105.
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• Skimmyhorn, W. L., E. R. Davies, D. Mun, and B. Mitchell. 2016. Assessing financial education methods: Principles vs. rules-of-thumb approaches. Journal of Economic Education 47 (3): 193–210.
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The last three articles in the Features and Information section of this issue provide further insights for what the JEE seeks in the studies of financial education. The first one, “Perspectives on Evaluation in Financial Education: Landscape, Issue, and Studies,” is a review written by nine academics that highlights some key studies in financial education for different groups and topics that might stimulate thoughts about a possible financial education article for the JEE. Also, research and evaluation in financial education in the United States and other nations is advanced by having reliable and valid test instruments for measuring student achievement. The second article describes the development of the Test of Financial Literacy and its measurement properties based on the analysis of national data collected from high school students in the United States. The third article discusses the translation of TFL into German and presents validation results from an investigation with university students in Germany.