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| Title: | | The short-term effectiveness of a remedial mathematics course: Evidence from a UK university  |
| Authors: | | Di Pietro, Giorgio |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6358 |
| Abstract: | | Whilst in the US there is a growing debate about the effectiveness of remedial university courses, this issue is less questioned in the UK. Using a regression discontinuity approach and data from a large School of a post-1992 UK university, we estimate the effect of remediation on student outcomes. We find no evidence that attending a math remedial program improves student performance in the first year. This finding is consistent and complements that of a recent study by Lagerlöf and Seltzer (2009), which is based on data from a pre-1992 UK university. Taken together, these results may call for a review of the remediation policy offered at university level in the UK. |
| Subjects: | | regression discontinuity design remedial mathematics student performance |
| JEL: | | A22 I20 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201205026593 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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