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The Effects of Remedial Mathematics on the Learning of Economics: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The authors examined the effects of remedial mathematics on performance in university-level economics courses using a natural experiment. They studied exam results prior and subsequent to the implementation of a remedial mathematics course that was compulsory for a subset of students and unavailable for the others, controlling for background variables. They found that, consistent with previous studies, the level of and performance in secondary school mathematics have strong predictive power on students' performances at university-level economics. However, they found relatively little evidence for a positive effect of remedial mathematics on student performance.

Source: The Journal of Economic Education

DOI: 10.3200/jece.40.2.115-137

Authors: Johan N. M. Lagerlöf, Andrew J. Seltzer

Institutions: University of Copenhagen, University of London, Royal Holloway University of London

Language: English

Topic: Mathematics Education and Programs

Subfield: Modeling and Simulation

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2002127164

FWCI: 2.998

Cites: 16

Cited by: 56

Related to: 10