Critical Thinking: Some Problems with the Matrix Method in the Study of Ideational History


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 thinking

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