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Do Students Benefit From Supplemental Education? Evidence From A First-Year Statistics Subject In Economics And Business, D. Lewis, Martin O'Brien, S. Rogan, B. Shorten
Do Students Benefit From Supplemental Education? Evidence From A First-Year Statistics Subject In Economics And Business, D. Lewis, Martin O'Brien, S. Rogan, B. Shorten
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Peer assisted study sessions (PASS) are a type of supplemental instruction (SI) that provide students with out-of-class study review sessions with a group of peers. A student, who has successfully completed the subject and acts as a mentor, facilitates the voluntary sessions. Results of the PASS program at the University of Wollongong have been quite positive in that students, on average, who attend more PASS, achieve higher marks. However, a simple comparison does not control for self-selection bias. We control for self-selection in two ways. Firstly, we use Heckman’s two-stage correction technique to analyze the 2002 cohort. Secondly, students in …