Learning Strategies in Engineering Mathematics: Conceptualisation, Development, and Evaluation of Mp²-Matheplus

ISBN-13: 9783658176181 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 286 str.

Birgit Griese

Opis

Birgit Griese presents MP2-Math/Plus, a support project for first-year students in engineering at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum that aims at preventing unnecessary drop-out. 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.

Blurb

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.

Contents

Encountering the Problem

Theoretical Concepts

Research Approach and Objectives

Design Development

Methodology and Results

Project Evaluation

Target Groups

• Researchers, academics, and students in the fields of didactics of mathematics; lecturers in mathematics affined courses
  

• Teachers of mathematics and their supervisors/instructors

The Author

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.