Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 29, No. 3
Issue: Summer 1998
Pages: 274-276
Author(s): Robert Ekelund (Auburn University) and Robert F. Hébert (Auburn University)
Address (Principal Author):Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Eminent Scholar, Auburn University, Department of Economics, 203 College of Business, Auburn Univ, AL 36849, 334-844-2929
Internet Address (Principal Author):ekelurb@mail.auburn.edu
Title: Critical Thinking: Some Problems with the Matrix Method in the Study of Ideational History
Abstract: The matrix method advanced by Peterson and Bean for teaching the history of economic thought to encourage critical thinking may instead encourage rote learning.
Key Words:teaching, history of econoimc thought, matrix method, critical thinkingTo download a copy of this article, click here.