Open AccessIncorporating Writing Into An Introductory Business And Economics Statistics Course: A Practical Approach
Author(s) -
Cullen F. Goenner,
Sean M. Snaith
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v1i7.1968
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , course (navigation) , curriculum , economics education , mathematics education , business statistics , computer science , higher education , sociology , pedagogy , economics , psychology , statistics , mathematics , engineering , economic growth , geometry , aerospace engineering
Writing across the curriculum (WAC) has become a guiding principle at many institutions of higher education. Unfortunately for many students of economics and business the standard vehicles of WAC do not adequately prepare them for the type of writing appropriate for the audience they are expected to address upon graduation. We describe a method of implementing writing into the introductory statistics courses that are required by many programs in economics and business. This method addresses the shortcomings of the standard vehicles of WAC while at the same time providing instructors with a feasible solution to do so in light of the multiple constraints faced by many instructors of this type of course. (JEL A22)