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Tweeting Adam Smith: Using Twitter to Engage Students in the History of Economic Thought

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This paper presents a novel way to use Twitter to engage students in advanced economics courses. While prior research provides some uses of Twitter in introductory ...

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  • Erin E. George, 2019. "Tweeting Adam Smith: Using Twitter to Engage Students in the History of Economic Thought," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 4(1), pages 15-26, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:jtc:journl:v:4:y:2019:i:1:p:15-26
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    1. Middleditch, Paul & Moindrot, Will & Rudkin, Simon, 2022. "Teaching with Twitter: An extension to the traditional learning environment," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 41(C).
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    Keywords

    twitter; upper division; social media;
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    JEL classification:

    • A21 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Pre-college
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate

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