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In economics, being able to draw and label a great graph is a core skill. Undergraduate students often focus so much of their energy on graphs and charts, that they don’t spend enough time writing the explanations of those great graphs, or composing descriptions of the intuitions it supports, or the graphs’ limits while using economics terms and concepts. Ke (Catherine) Wang confronted her writing limitations and overcame them. She agreed to share the advice and knowledge of useful tools to help other students succeed in improving their writing. Catherine went from a grade of 72% on her first writing assignment for ECO200 to 85% on her second.

“I was very disappointed in the results of my first writing assignment in ECO200,” Catherine remembered. “I reflected on which parts I needed to put effort into for the next writing assignment and asked Professor Khazra for advice. She gave me some suggestions to help me improve.” [Read more…]