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.
