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Undergraduate Retention Rates For Students In Learning Support Math Classes Versus Traditional Math Classes Controlling For Act Mathematics Scores, Mark E. Dula, Sandra A. Lampley, James H. Lampley Apr 2018

Undergraduate Retention Rates For Students In Learning Support Math Classes Versus Traditional Math Classes Controlling For Act Mathematics Scores, Mark E. Dula, Sandra A. Lampley, James H. Lampley

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The purpose of this study was to determine if the 1 – and 2-term retention rates for students with the same ACT mathematics subsection scores were different between students who took a regular section of Probability and Statistics and students who took a learning support section of the same course. The subjects of this study were 2,714 students enrolled in a Probability and Statistics course (either regular sections or learning support sections) at a 4-year institution from the 2013 summer semester to the 2014 fall semester. As expected, students who scored a 19 or greater on the mathematics section of …