Waltham Forest Apprenticeships & Levy: Building Future Workforce

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1. SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS Kent Hymel Department of Economics 2016-17

2. ECON 160 : PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS Large enrollment ~ 750 students per semester High failure rate (33%) Large achievement gap (-0.45) Bottleneck course

3. ECON 160 : PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS Failure rate over time 700? 658? 50% 600? 45% 479? 500? 461? 38% 40% 400? 363? 35% 33% 300? 35% 32% 30% 187? 200? 30% 100? 25% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 0? A? B? C? D? F?

4. ECON 160 : PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS Semesters enrolled 17% of students take the course more than once

5. ECON 160 : PRINCIPLESOF MICROECONOMICS Large achievement gap (-0.45)

6. ECON 160 : PRINCIPLESOF MICROECONOMICS 67% of those who did not graduate failed ECON 160 on their first attempt 36% of those who graduated failed ECON 160 on their first attempt Of those who fail ECON 160 on their first attempt, 45% fail to graduate Of those who pass ECON 160 on their first attempt, only 18% fail to graduate

7. ECON 160 : PRINCIPLESOF MICROECONOMICS Possible explanations for bad student performance - Difficult material - Quantitative - Poor preparation