Learning Strategies in Engineering Mathematics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Introduction: Encountering the Problem

   • Birgit Griese

   Pages 1-4

3. Problem Identification: Theoretical Concepts

   • Birgit Griese

   Pages 5-75

4. Research Approach and Objectives

   • Birgit Griese

   Pages 77-89

5. Design Development

   • Birgit Griese

   Pages 91-126

6. Evidence Level: Methodology and Results

   • Birgit Griese

   Pages 127-187

7. Project Evaluation: Summary and Discussion

   • Birgit Griese

   Pages 189-204

8. Back Matter

   Pages 205-286

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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. 

• Secondary-tertiary transition
• LIST questionnaire by Wild and Schiefele
• E-Learning
• Gender-Aspects
• Evaluation of MP2-MathPlus

• Institut für Mathematik, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany

  Birgit Griese

Dr. Birgit Griese had worked as a mathematics teacher for many years before she received her doctoral degree at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. She now works at Paderborn University, researching mathematics teachers’ professional development.

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