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


Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: Volume 36, No. 1

Issue: Winter 2005

Pages: 43-58

Author(s): Harlan M. Smith II (Marshall University), with Amy Broughton (Marshall University) and Jaime Copley (Marshall University)

Address (Principal Author): Harlan M. Smith II
Professor of Economics
Division of Finance & Economics
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755-2320
Phone: 304-696-3233
Fax: 304-696-3662

Internet Address (Principal Author): smithh@marshall.edu

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

Abstract: The authors present a series of writing assignments that teach students how to evaluate and critique the written economic work of others while helping them internalize a set of standards and criteria that separates good writing from bad writing.



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