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The Short‐term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University
Author(s) -
Di Pietro Giorgio
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the manchester school
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9957
pISSN - 1463-6786
DOI - 10.1111/manc.12013
Subject(s) - remedial education , regression discontinuity design , mathematics education , term (time) , course (navigation) , economics , mathematics , statistics , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering
While there is growing debate in the USA about the effectiveness of remedial university courses, there have been fewer questions raised in the UK . Using a sharp regression discontinuity approach and data from a large School within a post‐1992 UK university, we estimate the effect of remediation on student outcomes. We find no evidence that taking a math remedial course improves student performance in the first year. This finding is consistent and complements that of a recent study by L agerlöf and S eltzer (2009, J ournal of E conomic E ducation , Vol. 40, pp. 115–136), which is based on data from a pre‐1992 UK university.