Premium
Testing Math Competency in Introductory Economics
Author(s) -
Espey Molly
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.2307/1349755
Subject(s) - mathematics education , economics education , economics , mathematics , primary education
In this paper, I examine how a math‐competency requirement affects student performance in an introductory economics course. Students were given a basic math‐competency quiz at the beginning of the semester. Those who did not pass could receive remedial‐math tutoring and retake the competency quiz. The results of this study indicate that students who passed the math‐competency quiz, regardless of the number of attempts, performed significantly better in the class than students who did not attain basic math skills.