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Evaluating the Written Work of Others: One Way Economics Students Can Learn to Write

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  • Harlan M. Smith II
  • Amy Broughton
  • Jaime Copley

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The authors present a series of writing assignments that teaches students how to evaluate and critique the written economic work of others. The foundation text is McCloskey's (2000) Economical Writing. The students' dialogues with McCloskey, with each other, and with the authors of the pieces they evaluate sharpen their understanding of, and ability to use, language as an instrument of economic thought. Interviews with former students identify specific benefits from the student perspective of this approach. The authors show how the assignment series can be modified in several ways and how the general approach, as well as the foundation text, can be used in different economics courses.

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  • Harlan M. Smith II & Amy Broughton & Jaime Copley, 2005. "Evaluating the Written Work of Others: One Way Economics Students Can Learn to Write," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(1), pages 43-58, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jeduce:v:36:y:2005:i:1:p:43-58
    DOI: 10.3200/JECE.36.1.43-58
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    Cited by:

    1. Joshua C. Hall & Kaitlyn R. Harger, 2014. "Teaching Students to "Do" Public Choice in an Undergraduate Public Sector Course," Working Papers 14-16, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
    2. Dennis S. Edwards, . "An Economics Capstone Course from Creation to Presentation," Journal for Economic Educators, Middle Tennessee State University, Business and Economic Research Center.
    3. Katherine Schmeiser, 2017. "Teaching writing in economics," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(4), pages 254-264, October.

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