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SUCCESS IN COLLEGE MATHEMATICS: Comparisons Between Remedial and Nonremedial First-Year College Students

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Recent international comparisons show that themathematics achievement of American students is belowthe international average. In response to thissituation, the present study compared first-year college students enrolled in remedial-type mathematicscourses with their counterparts enrolled in nonremedialcoursework. Findings include that students enrolled innonremedial mathematics courses enter the institution with many advantages over students enrolled inremedial mathematics. Tests of a path analytic modelconfirmed that background variables play a major role indetermining success in college mathematics.

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Hagedorn, L.S., Siadat, M.V., Fogel, S.F. et al. SUCCESS IN COLLEGE MATHEMATICS: Comparisons Between Remedial and Nonremedial First-Year College Students. Research in Higher Education 40, 261–284 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018794916011

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