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Comparative Reasoning in the Undergraduate Classroom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2009

George Gavrilis  and
Mona El-Ghobashy
George Gavrilis
Affiliation:
University of Texas-Austin
Mona El-Ghobashy
Affiliation:
Barnard College
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Abstract

One of the greatest challenges we face as political scientists is to teach undergraduates how to think comparatively. This article proposes a number of practical, easily adaptable exercises that many of us can incorporate in our teaching to turn curious undergraduates into smart social scientists who think comparatively about the world.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 753 - 757
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2009

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