The Effects of Remedial Mathematics on the Learning of Economics: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
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The Effects of Remedial Mathematics on the Learning of Economics : Evidence from a Natural Experiment. / Lagerlöf, Johan N. M.; Seltzer, Andrew J.
I: Journal of Economic Education, Bind 40, Nr. 2, 2009, s. 115-137.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effects of Remedial Mathematics on the Learning of Economics
T2 - Evidence from a Natural Experiment
AU - Lagerlöf, Johan N. M.
AU - Seltzer, Andrew J.
N1 - JEL classification: A22, I20
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 115
EP - 137
JO - Journal of Economic Education
JF - Journal of Economic Education
SN - 0022-0485
IS - 2
ER -
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