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- Title: Mathematics and Academic Success in Three Disciplines: Engineering, Business and the Humanities (Report)
- Author : Academy of Educational Leadership Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 220 KB
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INTRODUCTION Mathematics has always been considered as one of the essential skills that students need to successfully complete a college education. Prior studies investigating the influence of mathematical knowledge and skills on academic performance have therefore focused primarily on students in quantitative subjects (Smith and Schumacher 2005). Such studies reveal a positive correlation between mathematical knowledge and academic success. However, high achievement in mathematics could simply represent one dimension of a student's overall intellectual capacity, as students who do well in one subject can easily excel in other fields. Thus, the relationship between achievement in mathematics and academic success may not be a causal one, but may be determined by other factors, such as the student's general academic commitment.