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Spring 2003

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 18, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2003 | Economic Education

Economics : Writing to Learn and Learning to Write

Joseph Horton, University of Central Arkansas

Bonnie Selting, University of Central Arkansas

Robin Gallaher, University of Central Arkansas

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Economics:WritingtoLearnandLearningtoWriteJosephHortonBonnieSeltingRobinGallaherUniversityofCentralArkansasForfouryearswehavepairedonesectionofanintroductoryeconomicsclasswithtwosectionsofarequiredfreshmanwritingcourse.Webelieveoursuccessfulexperiencewillbeusefultootherfacultymemberswhomaywishtotrythisorasimilarinterdisciplinarymethodofteaching.Thepurposeofthispaperistogiveanaccountofhowweintegratedourtwodisciplinestostrengthenstudentlearningofboth.Studentshaveachievedhighergradesthanthoseinothersectionsoftheeconomicscourseandtheinstructorhasreceivedhigherstudentevaluations.Studentgradesandevaluationsarealsohigherinthewritingcoursecomparedtoothersections.Studentcommentsareveryfavorabletothisapproachinbothcourses.WhatisFIGS?FIGSstandsforFreshmanInterestGroups.Theideaistohavestudentswithsimilarinterestsregisterasagroupformorethanonecourse.Theprogramisvoluntary,sotheremaybesomeselfselection.TheobjectiveofFIGS,asgivenbytheUniversity,isAtodevelopanenrichedintellectualandsocialrelationshipforbothfacultyandstudents@(U.S.Impact,p.1).Inadditiontopaperassignments,thewritinginstructorincorporatesalessformalwritingassignment-threadeddiscussionparticipation.Thisforumgivesstudentstheopportunitytowriteaboutissuesrelatedtoeconomicswithoutthepressureofagradeonthequalityoftheeconomiccontentorwriting.Thestudentsreceivedagradebasedsolelyonthenumberofmessagesthattheypost;theyarerequiredtopost15messagestoreceivefullcredit.Studentsthinkthroughwhattheyarelearningandwritingaboutinourtwoclassesontheirowntimeandterms.

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Title	Economics : Writing to Learn and Learning to Write
Authors/Creators:	Joseph Horton, University of Central Arkansas Bonnie Selting, University of Central Arkansas Robin Gallaher, University of Central Arkansas
Year:	2003
Volume:	18
Number:	2
Pages:	78 - 83
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Learning, Pedagogy, Methodology

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Horton, Joseph; Selting, Bonnie; Gallaher, Robin / 2003. "Economics : Writing to Learn and Learning to Write." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 18(2): 78-83.