Attitudes, beliefs, motivation and identity in mathematics education : An overview of the field and future directions
- Author
- Markku S. Hannula, Pietro Di Martino, Marilena Pantziara, …
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Education
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Records the state of the art in research on mathematics-related affect. It discusses the concepts and theories of mathematics-related affect along the lines of three dimensions. The first dimension identifies three broad categories of affect: motivation, emotions, and beliefs. The book contains one chapter on motivation, including discussions on how emotions and beliefs relate to motivation. There are two chapters that focus on beliefs and a chapter on attitude which cross-cuts through all these categories. The second dimension covers a rapidly fluctuating state to a more stable trait. All chapters in the book focus on trait-type affect and the chapter on motivation discusses both these dimensions. The third dimension regards the three main levels of theorizing: physiological (embodied), psychological (individual) and social. All chapters reflect that mathematics-related affect has mainly been studied using psychological
Keywords: Education / Mathematics Education / Educational Psychology / Attitude / Self-efficacy / Teachers Beliefs / Identity / Motivation / Engagement Structures / Social Behavior / Individual Factors / Social Norms
