Using a Financial Education Curriculum for Teens

Varcoe, Karen; Martin, Allen; Devitto, Zana; Go, Charles

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Using a Financial Education Curriculum for Teens

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2005

9 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2013

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Karen Varcoe

University of California, Riverside (UCR)

Zana Devitto

University of California, Riverside (UCR)

The “Money Talks: Should I be Listening?” curriculum was created to appeal to teenagers and to help increase their financial literacy. This paper analyzes the effectiveness of this curriculum on financial knowledge and behavior of participants using the series. The findings indicate that using the curriculum improved the financial literacy of high school students. Behavior changed in a positive direction, knowledge improved and students appeared to have responded in ways to make their money go farther.

Keywords: Children and money, Financial curriculum, Financial literacy, Teen finances

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Varcoe, Karen and Martin, Allen and Devitto, Zana and Go, Charles, Using a Financial Education Curriculum for Teens. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2255109