Evaluating the written work of others: One way economics students can learn to write

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-58

  Smith, Harlan M ^a   Broughton, Amy ^a   Copley, Jaime ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignments; Interviews; McCloskey; Peer critique

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444331967     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.36.1.43-58     Document Type: Article

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