08/2021 – 07/2024
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wirth, Anne Scheunemann und Dr. Jens Fleischer
Teilprojekt Münster: Prof. Dr. Carola Grunschel (Verbundleitung), Prof. Dr. Stefan Fries (Universität Bielefeld), Lena Kegel und Derya Turhan
Teilprojekt Augsburg: Prof. Dr. Markus Dresel, Sophie von der Mülbe
Teilprojekt Bochum: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Detlev Leutner (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
The project consists of three subprojects. Building on preliminary work (ProkRASt) and meta-analytical findings on the role of study motivation and study behavior, the project aims to develop and evaluate a prevention program to promote study success and reduce student dropout in STEM-majors and implement it in higher education practice. The program is based on empirically proven training in higher education, is realized in a blended learning format and consists of three prevention modules. It aims to positively influence study motivation and its regulation, the handling of motivational costs and procrastination as well as learning behavior and its regulation. In addition, it aims to improve study performance and well-being and to reduce student dropout intentions. The three subprojects are each responsible for designing a prevention module. Augsburg focuses on expectation and value problems as well as on motivation regulation. Münster addresses motivational costs and their effects on the learning process. Bochum focuses on learning actions and time management. The prevention program is being developed for four representative STEM-majors, specifically adapted to their study content, and integrated into the curricula of compulsory courses (Augsburg: computer science, Münster: mathematics/physics, Bochum: mechanical engineering). Four quantitative-empirical field studies serve to examine the immediate and long-term effects of the individual prevention modules (three subproject-specific studies) and the integrated overall program (cross-subproject study). In this way, the project makes a sustainable, transferable, and implementable contribution to promoting academic success and reducing student dropout.
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