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Writing Instruction in Economics Courses: Experimentation Across Disciplines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Donald Marvin Tobey
Donald Marvin Tobey*
Affiliation:
Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont
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We economists value writing skills, holding expectations that our students from introductory through graduate level courses be able “to represent one's analysis and evaluation of an issue in a way which will communicate effectively to others” (Weidenaar, p. 99). We have assumed, over the years, that a certain amount of such communication will be in writing. We often have held, furthermore, expectations that the analytical writing will be of high quality.

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Contributed Papers
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , October 1979 , pp. 159 - 164
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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