TY - JOUR AU - Gynnild, Vidar AU - Tyssedal, John Sølve PY - 2020/11/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Can Students' Attitudes and Behaviors be Changed by Educational Interventions? A Comparative Case Study JF - Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Tidsskrift JA - DUT VL - 15 IS - 29 SE - Videnskabelig artikel DO - 10.7146/dut.v15i29.118641 UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/dut/article/view/118641 SP - 14-33 AB - <p>This study examined engineering students’ attitudes and behaviors in a first-year Calculus course. Not&nbsp; surprisingly, High School mathematics and physics grades correlated&nbsp;closely with self-reported Calculus grades, and a student survey conducted four years&nbsp;apart demonstrated almost identical attitudes and behaviors despite the introduction&nbsp;of a range of measures aimed to enhance learning. The better the grades, the fairer&nbsp;students deemed it to be, and the less of in-depth learning, the poorer the grades. The&nbsp;higher the ambitions, and the more active and hardworking, the better the grades. Academic success factors included an ability to keep pace with progression, and a commitment to advance learning. The minimal impact of interventions appears as surprising;&nbsp;however, this study brings perspectives to make sense of such data, also capable of&nbsp;producing greater future successes.</p> ER -