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- Title
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS: A NEW DESIGN FOR INTRODUCTORY ECONOMICS.
- Authors
Zweig, Michael; Dawes, William
- Abstract
This paper describes and motivates a new approach to the introductory economics program. Beginning in 1997, a two semester introduction to economics has been offered at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Instead of the usual micro-macro sequence, the two courses reported in this paper each present a one-semester introduction to both micro and macro principles. They differ in that one course presents the material in a narrative approach that emphasizes the social content of economic categories and relationships. In the other, students learn to work with these categories using more formal mathematical and computer-based methods. This complementary approach strengthens the student's background for further study and exposes the student to notions of economics both as a social science and as an example of applied mathematics.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); STONY Brook (N.Y.); UNITED States; ECONOMICS education; STONY Brook University
- Publication
American Economist, 2000, Vol 44, Issue 2, p30
- ISSN
0569-4345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/056943450004400203