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Applying Best Practices in Writing Assignment Design--A Semester-Long Policy Project for Intermediate Microeconomics
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Kathryn Rouse – Journal of Economic Education, 2025
The author of this article describes a semester-long writing project created for an intermediate microeconomics course. The project is grounded in a real-world policy context. Students assume the role of a new staff economist for a consulting firm and are asked to evaluate a current policy proposal based on economic theory and the academic…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Best Practices, Microeconomics, Economics Education