2021
DOI: 10.18820/2519593x/pie.v39.i2.4
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Exploring the school-university mathematics skills gap for Economic Sciences

Ilsa Basson,
Mardi Jankowitz

Abstract: The training of highly skilled persons for the areas of Economics and Commerce requires that degree students upon entry need certain knowledge and skills in mathematics including aspects of statistics. The context is distance education and entry students seem unable to cope with the requirements of the mathematicsbased topics that they need to study at the first year of tertiary education. It resulted in university staff speculating about a gap in pre-knowledge and skills. This study aims to investigate this p… Show more

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