MP2 - Mathe/Plus/Praxis: retention strategies for first year engineering students

The first-year engineering curriculum, and mathematics in particular, presents a huge barrier for a large group of students. At the Mathematics department of Ruhr-University Bochum, a set of interventions was developed and evaluated within the programme MP² – Mathe/Plus/Praxis with the objective of reducing failure rates in early exams. This paper describes the basic principles of the implementation of both sub-programmes MathePlus and MathePraxis, as well as the results of the evaluations and their implications for future developments.

10.11.2014 | Herold Dehling, Eva Glasmachers, Birgit Griese, Jörg Härterich & Michael Kallweit (Bochum)