Developing Student Writers in Economics: A Process Writing Approach (Economics EDUCATION ARTICLES‪)‬

ABSTRACT An intervention developed by the authors that allows inclusion of process writing with peer review was adopted in introductory economics courses. The writing protocol, which took class time to implement, resulted in similar test performance by students without creating excessive demands upon the instructor's time. The process writing intervention, used for essay exams, promotes writing to learn by forcing students to reflect on course content through the peer review process incorporated into the technique. The intervention also addresses writing development by forcing students to critique key writing elements in other students' essays and by encouraging students to revise their written drafts in order to improve.