Learning Strategies in Engineering Mathematics - Conceptualisation, Development, and Evaluation of MP²-MathePlus

Birgit Griese presents MP²-Math/Plus, a support project for first-year students in engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum that aims at preventing unnecessary drop-out. Conceptualisation and development of the project follow a design research approach according to Gravemeijer, Cobb, and van den Akker. The interventions focus on learning strategies which are collected in a pre-post design with the aid of the LIST questionnaire by Wild and Schiefele. These and other data are utilised for the evaluation of MP²-Math/Plus. The results confirm the adaptations of the project procedures in successive cycles, stress the importance of effort and motivation, and assess the success of the project. 

List of contents

Encountering the Problem.- Theoretical Concepts.- Research Approach and Objectives.- Design Development.- Methodology and Results.- Project Evaluation.

Summary

Birgit Griese presents MP²-Math/Plus, a support project for first-year students in engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum that aims at preventing unnecessary drop-out. Conceptualisation and development of the project follow a design research approach according to Gravemeijer, Cobb, and van den Akker. The interventions focus on learning strategies which are collected in a pre-post design with the aid of the LIST questionnaire by Wild and Schiefele. These and other data are utilised for the evaluation of MP²-Math/Plus. The results confirm the adaptations of the project procedures in successive cycles, stress the importance of effort and motivation, and assess the success of the project. 

Product details

• Authors: Birgit Griese
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2017
• EAN: 9783658176181
• ISBN: 978-3-658-17618-1
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 18 mm x 211 mm
• Weight: 393 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 286 p. 46 illus.
• Series: Studien zur Hochschuldidaktik und zum Lehren und Lernen mit digitalen Medien in der Mathematik; Studien zur Hochschuldidaktik und zum Lehren und Lernen mit digitalen Medien in der Mathematik und in der Statistik
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Mathematik, C, Education, Mathematics, Mathematics—Study and teaching, Mathematics Education