Attitudes, Beliefs, Motivation and Identity in Mathematics Education: An Overview of the Field and Future Directions

By James A. Middleton, Amanda Jansen, Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim, et al.

This book 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 theories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319328107
• ISBN13: 9783319328102
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 35 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"