First, students will receive general guidance on the importance of avoiding plagiarism, the fundamentals of academic writing, and standard citation styles in scholarly papers. They will also be instructed on how to locate original sources. In addition, they will engage in practical training in academic writing using AI tools (such as Scispace, Thesify, and Asta), along with reference management software like Zotero and Microsoft Word.
Furthermore, in each class session, students will summarize excerpts from books on economics and consumer behavior. I, together with a custom GPT, will provide feedback and suggested revisions. Special attention will be given to the tendency of Asian students—due to cultural-psychological factors—to organize their arguments using a “family resemblance” structure rather than the hypothesis-centered, binary-opposition structure commonly recommended in the human sciences. Students will practice linking hypothesis formulation closely with the structure of their writing and developing arguments accordingly.
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